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The only issue I have heard you even talk about was the abortion issue. It’s not like Ron Paul is presenting he would use an Executive Order to overrule the Supreme Court on an issue as you seem to suggest with your statement above. He would probably bring another trial to the Supreme Court with another argument and make them think about it again. You must admit that the Supreme Court makes rulings only based on the evidence placed in front of them and that people bring bad cases and don’t provide the complete evidence and they have to rule on that information. All he is saying is that he thinks the Roe V Wade ruling should be looked at from a different angle from the original ruling. If you were so confident in the first ruling why are you scared if the Supreme Court hears another case? How is that seriously scary or a violation of any law or even a concern for you?
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I’m not going to presume to think that speak for Ron Paul. Because despite his own manglings of the constitution, I think he does understand that he has no standing to “bring a trial” before the court just because he wants to. The court decides which cases to hear, and which to ignore.
And to your previous point, I don’t think many legal scholars actually believe that the Supreme Court only makes rulings based on the evidence before it. Cases aren’t heard before the court. Only appeals of existing trials that have already ocurred. Rarely are they presented with evidence. It might be nice if thats the way it worked. It doesn’t. Justices arrive with their own biases. They often rule based on those biases. They have an entire staff of clerks to find ways to rule in ways which support those biases. That’s why selection of supreme court justices is so important.
So when you ask if it’s scary if some issues that the court has previously settled (like abortion), I have to say it is. There are at least 4 currently sitting justices who would overturn Roe and quite possibly Griswold if given the opportunity. Every young woman, and every father of young women and everybody who cares about young women should be afraid of that.
