Our Supreme Court's decision in Roe is certainly not the final word on the issue of abortion, just as the Court was not the final word on slavery in Dred Scott. Our system gives us the opportunity to rectify past wrongs. It is my fervent hope and prayer for America that we base our laws on what science tells us: namely, that the young human embryo is a human life. I believe that I will live to see the end of the abortion industry, and the sanctity and dignity of every human life affirmed. Until then, abortion will continue to prod the conscience of our nation. Great labors remain before us, but the rights and lives of unborn children are absolutely worth our efforts. Reagan was our first great pro-life president, and surely others will follow in his footsteps. His legacy endures and the pro-life movement continues to make steady progress. We have come a long way since Reagan's 1983 essay, and we have a long way to go, but we are on the right track. On behalf of the unborn, let us pray and persevere; and may God bless America. |
Perhaps the Supreme Court's most notorious exercise of raw political power came in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, two 1973 cases based on false statements which invented a constitutional right to abortion, ... The issue had been handled by the people through their elected representatives prior to that time. |
President Clinton could spare us this ordeal. He could quickly and decisively enable our nation to put this sorry chapter in history behind us and to move on. |
She did not take a position on it, nor did she say she would take a position on it, nor did she think it appropriate to have a position on it. |
She has the great misfortune of following Elvis, if you will, in John Roberts. We may not have another person come forward like him for some time: just a brilliant legal scholar, a fabulous constitutional lawyer. |
She saw the inherent evil in segregation and she had the courage to fight it in its common place, a seat on a bus, |
should remain top and pressing issues if we hope to achieve a freer and more prosperous Middle East. |
some insight into her view of the broad expanse of the law. Let me just be specific. The right of privacy really goes to the heart of basic personal freedoms. Are there certain areas of our personal and family conduct that of out of bounds for the government, where we should make that decision, as individuals, members of families, married people. That we make these decisions. The government cannot get involved. That, I think, is central to the line of questioning that's important to me. |
Such (impeachment) hearings will surely take a heavy toll on the function of our government, on the trust invested in our civic institutions and on the American people themselves, |
that the president has sullied that institution and the House has tarnished theirs, and the Senate couldn't afford to do the same. |
That was seen as a mandate, |
The camps are dividing on the question of will we push for a vision of a new democratic Middle East, or will we listen to the lobbying of some of the countries in the region, ... State wants to keep as many people on our side as possible, but the Defense Department is saying, 'Look, this is about a big, bold vision, and we're willing to push it forward.' |
The circumstances seem to be very similar, ... Not much track record, people vouching for her, yet indications of a different thought pattern earlier in life. |
The contentious debate since 1973 over the culture of life has proven that the American public, the democratic process and ultimately the federal judiciary itself have been poorly served by the Supreme Court's breathtaking intervention into and circumvention of the public debate about abortion, |
The decision to allow Russia to escape the consequences of providing Iran with conventional weapons is one which effects not only the security of American personnel in the (Persian) Gulf, but the security of our allies in the region, ... This is not the type of agreement which should have been kept from the American people. |