tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21724748.post114182239395834523..comments2023-09-26T15:14:50.352+01:00Comments on Conservative Party Reptile: Debate on Abortion: Impossibility ofTim Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705980028580424584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21724748.post-1141897092593315272006-03-09T09:38:00.000+00:002006-03-09T09:38:00.000+00:00Atlantic - I dont think this is a British issue......Atlantic - I dont think this is a British issue... the question of literalism vs interpretation of the US constitution is alive and well on the other side of the pond as well.<BR/><BR/>Any quiet troll through the Corner when they are in the mood to debate the 'live' or 'dead' constitution question shows this, hence the joy / pain at Roberts' elevation to SCOTUS for he is a strict constitutionalist... which indicates an anti R v W stance on constitutional as opposed to abortion groundsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21724748.post-1141852532064472622006-03-08T21:15:00.000+00:002006-03-08T21:15:00.000+00:00It's not only that the British don't understand th...It's not only that the British don't understand the structure of US law. Somehow, I don't think they really understand law at all - did you see this article in the Telegraph? It refers to NRA-types as believing in a literal reading of the American Constitution...as if this was as weird and scary as a literalist reading of the Bible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21724748.post-1141834335682771052006-03-08T16:12:00.000+00:002006-03-08T16:12:00.000+00:00You have put your finger on it! Roe vs Wade is in ...You have put your finger on it! Roe vs Wade is in effect the trojan horse for the minority of Americans to impose their view - for good or ill - on the majority. <BR/><BR/>Without the blanket provisos of R v W there is no doubt that the majority of the states in the Union would ban abortion. <BR/><BR/>R v W allows pro-choicers to protect the rights of the minority / ignore democratic norms (you pays your money you takes your choice). This makes it impossible to look at R v W outside the wider abortion debate, as the pro-choice lobby have for good or ill lost the battle for the hearts and minds of the people in most of the individual states.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com