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by masonic
3504 days ago
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that favour the removal of Roe v Wade
You seem to be totally unfamiliar with the actual case and the justices' opinions.Five of the seven who supported the plaintiff (e.g. to uphold abortion rights) were Republican appointees. |
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Correct, Republican appointees did support and continue to reaffirm constitutional protections for abortion rights. However, it is not clear to me that the Republicans making those appointments made a clear statement vowing that they would appoint those who would be in favor of removing Roe v Wade [0]. The seat currently open will be unlikely to overturn Roe v Wade regardless of who was appointed. However, should Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Kennedy, or Stephen Breyer leave the court (All >=78yrs) [1] and be replaced by Trump's appointees. I understand it's not an immediate ability with the appointment of one justice in that favour, but there's still reason for concern.
[0] http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/19/trump-ill-appoint-supreme-cou...
[1] http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-trump-supreme-court-2016...