2007-06-29 03:11:47 · 19 answers · asked by El Duderino 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
He may, but he won't be successful. Roe v. Wade is a LOT more than just abortion and women's view of wanting to control their own bodies. IT IS ABOUT PRIVACY. Don't forget, after 9/11 we let the politicians draft and pass very quickly the 2001 USA (Un) Patriot Act. That law virtually took away our rights of privacy. The government, in the wake of elevated terrorist activities and their wanting to investigate and apprehend those terrorists, now have access to your medical records, your library cards, your PC, your bank records and your education records and who knows what else. They use (more than anything ABUSE) the USA 2001 (Un) Patriot Act in an illegal fashion and I have hope they will repeal that law before the next congressional term. This is why we are a democracy - we have US Constitutionally guaranteed rights of what the government can and cannot do.
2007-06-29 03:22:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Directly, no. That isn't the way to do it, there would be a giant uproar if they tried to overturn it all at once. Instead of the direct approach, they'll just keep chipping away at it over time, so that the law itself will have virtually no meaning and, since the process is gradual, a massive uproar among the public won't occur. So..will he make a serious run at overturning it? The process of overturning it started as soon as Bush took office, if not before, with the Republican Congress.
2007-06-29 03:19:26 · answer #2 · answered by alexios_hellas 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The only thing that he could realistically do is appoint someone to replace Justice J.P. Stevens, who is 87 years old (the 3rd oldest Justice ever). If Stevens retires or dies in the next 15 months or so, then yes, Bush could effectively achieve an overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Roe, by the way, has since been "modified" by the Court's decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey. Abortion is no longer a "fundamental right."
2007-06-29 03:26:09 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Roe v. Wade is a political nightmare... no elected official wants to touch it with a ten foot pole... that's why you always see politicians tiptoeing around the issue of abortion, and never giving a straight answer one way or the other about it. Thats why Congress has been more than happy to allow the Supreme Court to overstep its mandate and set the policy about abortion...
So, no I don't think Bush or any other elected offical is going to make any steps to do anything about Roe v. Wade...
2007-06-29 03:18:55 · answer #4 · answered by Schaufel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the only way to do that is to go through the judicial process of getting that case reviewed again, and then the judges need to vote to change it, does it have to be a unanimous decision of the new supreme court to overturn a past decision?or he can amend the constitution, which in 230+ years it has been changed 27 times...
2007-06-29 03:19:26 · answer #5 · answered by JJ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
any change in Roe vs. Wade will come from the Court..if you remember..Roberts said he wouldn't initiate any attempt
so it will have to come in the next session..
2007-06-29 03:16:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
No. A court case would need to go all the way to the Supreme Court and I don't think there is a case on the horizon.
2007-06-29 03:14:48 · answer #7 · answered by Brian 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
No, his appointees to the Supreme Court have even stated that this decision has been made, so they would not be re addressing it. No secrets here folks.
2007-06-29 03:16:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
We can always hope
Perhaps another Supreme Court seat will become vacant. If Bush can appoint another Justice like Roberts and Alito, that would be great.
2007-06-29 03:16:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yepsolutely.
2007-06-29 03:18:20 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋