North Dakota House of Representatives bans abortion:
The bill, which now moves to the Senate, is a direct and legally interesting challenge to Roe V. Wade and is seen by many as a backdoor to outlawing abortion.
The House voted 51-41 yesterday declaring that a fertilized egg has all the rights of any person.
This could be to Roe what Heller was to the Second Amendment; the first step in a battle that leads to a cataclysmic battle royale in the Supreme Court.
Which means the good guys have a few years to reverse their electoral fortunes and take the US Senate back. Before it’s too late.
“”Which means the good guys have a few years to reverse their electoral fortunes””
*whispering* I know you’ve been sleeping a lot lately, but the good guys DID win, just last November. Keep up with us now, will you!
Flash
What did you say Flash? I can’t hear you over the breathing noises from your storm trooper helmet.
BTW, these aren’t the droids you’re looking for.
Why does flush idolize tax evaders so much? Didn’t Joe claim that was un-American?
Which means the good guys have a few years to reverse their electoral fortunes and take the US Senate back. Before it’s too late.
I don’t share your optimism. The only chance of overturning Roe vs. Wade is if you replace a pro-Roe justice with an anti-Roe justice and that’s not going to happen anytime soon.
Even if Republicans manage to pick up ten Senate seats by 2010, we’re not going to have a chance to elect a Republican president until 2012. That’s two, more likely four, years that Obama will have to appoint his judicial nominees with a willing Senate and the two most likely replacements (Ginsberg and Stevens) will probably happen before 2010 due to their age and health. In which case, we’ll be swapping two leftist justices for two younger leftist justices which pretty much preserve the status quo.
So unless Ginsberg and Stevens decide to wait until after 2012 to retire – and risk being replaced by more conservative justices – I don’t think it’s going to happen.