Like not owning slaves?

Except that even the Chief Justice, who by all accounts is a strong conservative and whose wife is a major campaigner against abortion, believes that Roe is "some kind of super-stare decisis."

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Supreme Court confirmation hearing:

SEN. SPECTER: “Judge Roberts, in your confirmation hearing for the circuit court you testified: ‘Roe is the settled law of the land.’ Do you mean settled for you, settled only for your capacity as a circuit judge, or settled beyond that?”

ROBERTS: “Well, beyond that. It’s settled as a precedent of the court, entitled to respect under principles of stare decisis. And those principles, applied in the Casey case, explain when cases should be revisited and when they should not. And it is settled as a precedent of the court, yes."

SPECTER: "You went on to say then, ‘It’s a little more than settled. It was reaffirmed in the face of a challenge that it should be overruled in the Casey decision, so it has added precedental value.’"

ROBERTS: "I think the initial question for the judge confronting an issue in this area, you don’t go straight to the Roe decision. You begin with Casey, which modified the Roe framework and reaffirmed its central holding."

I would expect nothing less from a Hogan attorney in a confirmation hearing. Means nothing to me. What did you expect him to say?

wait, what?

Roberts made his view on stare decisis clear in citizens united. He respects it, but it is not controlling, and he will reject precedent if the facts and law demand it. the "mechanical formula" stuff was telling .... I have no doubt he would vote to overturn Roe. Still need one more, so probably a moot point regardless anytime soon.

hopefully in my lifetime.

and what does this have to do with Thomas? obviously Roberts views on the subject are more nuanced or veiled.

does that mean that democrats are against the first amendment? i mean if we're just going to say stupid shit and all.

ok, then democrats really are against the first amendment. whatever, everybody loves love a good broad brush.

{In an October interview with the evangelical blog Caffeinated Thoughts, Santorum volunteers that, as president, he'd confront the "dangers of contraception" and religious groups who think it's OK. "It's not OK, because it's a license to do things in the sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be," he says. "They're supposed to be within marriage, for purposes that are, yes, conjugal... but also procreative. " }

Yes, that is crystal clear that he supports rights for birth control.

from the left-leaning Huff Post:

"Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said on Wednesday that, despite his personal opposition to contraception, he wouldn't work to limit its accessibility if elected president."

"If you look at my voting record, I have a voting record that supports ... funding for contraception, both domestically, as well as internationally,” Santorum continued, according to a transcript from NewsMax. "And I would not support any law that would put any restrictions on that."

This is getting better.....

now the bill would ban the Pill in VA, but a senator added an amendment that would force men asking for viagra to get a rectal exam. Best part is that the amendment almost passed, lost 21-19.

Now the bill has been postponed.

The Daily Show finally got around to ripping these retards:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-february-21-2012/punanny-state---virginia-s-transvaginal-ultrasound-bill