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I like John Roberts, judging by his some of his remarks I am really hopeful he will be a strict interpreter. Biden was yapping today, trying to draw answers out of Roberts, bitching about how Senators couldn't get elected without telling people where they stand on particular issues, it was pathetic, like it somehow had any bearing on Roberts' nomination.
As far as the chance of Roe v. Wade falling, I couldn't say. It all depends on the second nomination, as it stands right now with Rehnquist gone, O' Day is staying on if I remember correctly. Roe v. Wade and it's successor cases were all usually decided with a 6-3 vote, so had Rehnquist not died and O' Connor left it would've been 5-4 with Roe v. Wade. With Rehnquist dead and a new nomination filling out the nine I don't see that changing (The 5-4 vote mainting the status quo).
Fundamentally I don't know if Roberts would overturn it. He has stated how he is by and large behind the principle of a right to privacy. The importance of that is, Conservatives maintain there is no such thing as a right to privacy, it is no where mentioned in the constitution (which is true), and it was improperly inferred with the case of Griswold V. COnnecticut. I don't know where that leaves us, maybe Roberts would be more partial to voting on the constitutionality of issues like Partial Birth abortion bans and the ilk, setting new precedents. By and large the man is wicked smart and deeply respected, his reputation isn't that of a staunch conservative more a solid interpretor of the constitution, which I hope is the case.
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