Court choices.(THE Christian Century)(Jane Roe v. Henry Wade)

From: The Christian Century | Date: November 1, 2005 | Copyright information

PRESIDENT BUSH has had two chances to install on the Supreme Court a hard-core conservative pledged to overturn Roe v. Wade at the first opportunity. On each occasion he has decided not to go there. In the case of John Roberts, he picked a moderate conservative known primarily as a lawyer's lawyer, not for his ideological purity. In the case of Harriet Mitts, he picked a woman with little public record at all, known mostly for her loyalty to him.

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