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#1057288
Sounds to me like Julia doesn't understand the checks and balances system of government either.
11/15/2009 5:45:33 PM
#1057310
Random Man
If only you stopped after the first sentence...
11/15/2009 6:03:52 PM
#1057313
Doubting Thomas
I don't think that Julia here understands the three branches of government.
And the Republicans aren't going to outlaw abortion because abortion is what keeps the Christians voting for them every 2 or 4 years.
11/15/2009 6:06:27 PM
#1057343
WMDKitty
"Pro-Life" is code for ANTI WOMAN.
11/15/2009 6:27:40 PM
#1057355
Brian X
People like this probably think Marbury v Madison was the biggest miscarriage of justice in history...
11/15/2009 6:35:23 PM
#1057357
MK
SCOTUS does not make legislation... but it does make law.
And yes, those pro-life legislators are cowards.
11/15/2009 6:36:37 PM
#1057370
Sceptre
Correction: it'd take a constitutional amendment to totally outlaw abortion. And they get proposed all the time, but die in committee. And the Republicans won't force a total ban through because then they lose voters.
11/15/2009 6:48:34 PM
#1057375
louislois
Why don't you fight against the Nineteenth Amendment while you're at it?
11/15/2009 6:51:19 PM
#1057382
Turtle
I'll admit I don't know as much about how the government works as I should, but even I'm getting the feeling that she has it wrong.
11/15/2009 6:55:42 PM
#1057406
Old Viking
Things have changed since I was a boy.
11/15/2009 7:28:00 PM
#1057417
J. Random Lurker
You know, though I am pro-life, I don't think you have a grasp on American democracy.
Roe v. Wade cannot be overturned by simple legislation because it is precedent set by the Supreme Court ruling such laws as against the Constitution. An amendment would nullify Roe, but you're not going to get two-thirds of each house of Congress plus 38 states to sign on to it.
Look back on history, people realised that a bill couldn't neutralise the effects of Dred Scott, hence the XIII, XIV, and XV Amendments passed at the end of the American Civil War and during Reconstruction.
Get thee to a civics course...
11/15/2009 7:44:36 PM
#1057427
@WMDKitty: I thought it meant "punish the sluts". Oh, well, same difference.
11/15/2009 7:57:27 PM
#1057428
They never have a clue how the government actually works. I'm surprised she isn't also ranting about "activist judges", another of their made-up concepts.
11/15/2009 8:00:37 PM
#1057429
mad the swine
Actually, there's a compelling legal argument that Marbury v. Madison (the 1803 case establishing the principle of judicial review, on the precedent of which the Supreme Court relies when asserting the right to decide the constitutionality of any given law) was wrongly decided.
Not that Julia has ever been closer to a compelling legal argument than a Perry Mason movie on Lifetime, but whatever.
11/15/2009 8:01:54 PM
#1057443
Blue J
I would also like to point out that the more cynical conservative legislators have no interest in actually doing anything about abortion. Not only would it be impossible, but it's too good of an issue to snag the "values voters."
11/15/2009 8:27:29 PM
#1057457
Thejebusfire
ALL ABOARD THE FAIL TRAIN!
11/15/2009 9:13:32 PM
#1057463
Grigadil
Either-or?
How about both?
11/15/2009 9:41:19 PM
#1057494
GodotIsWaiting4U
CORRECT! The Supreme Court is not a legislative branch! It does, however, have the right to rule any legislation unconstitutional!
11/15/2009 10:45:32 PM
#1057504
Antichrist
Umm....
You had Regan, Bush Sr. & Bush Jr., none of them did a damn thing to stop abortion.
They're not cowards, they just don't really give a damn about the subject. It is a great emotional topic to get the sheeple in to vote for them though.
11/15/2009 11:05:35 PM
#1057518
aaa
AFA, you never cease to amuse me.
11/15/2009 11:29:21 PM
#1057529
@#1057427
In short, it's about controlling women, controlling our fertility. So.... yeah.
11/16/2009 12:25:54 AM
#1057533
Alternatively, they could just be spouting "pro-life" rhetoric simply to get your votes and have no intention of passing laws to implement your agenda.
11/16/2009 1:03:20 AM
#1057538
Quantum Mechanic
fail
11/16/2009 1:19:49 AM
#1057571
The L
Or there are so few people in Congress that want to see the coat hangers and unsanitary, illegal surgical abortions come back that no such bill would ever pass.
Or they're just milking the fact that abortion is still legal for all the votes they can get.
Or it's the Supreme Court that rules Congressional decisions unconstitutional, rather than the other way around.
Or all of the above.
Take your pick.
11/16/2009 5:12:04 AM
#1057585
Doctor Whom
Either they don't understand the 3 branches of government,
...or you have the shiniest mirror ever.
11/16/2009 5:46:29 AM
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