tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709715062681399199.post1842489387144005189..comments2023-07-20T10:37:28.692-04:00Comments on Grumpy Abe: Preacher Santorum's vain bonfiresGrumpy Abehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01012210966022330986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1709715062681399199.post-79382615372892947832012-01-10T14:27:22.679-05:002012-01-10T14:27:22.679-05:00After brandishing himself as the Second Coming of ...After brandishing himself as the Second Coming of the Messiah in Iowa, Santorum has told voters that he would not "impose" his views against contraception on others even though he personally believes it to be immoral. Not content to invade further the privacy of women to choose an abortion, he has repeatedly indicated he would do everything in his power, if elected president, to outlaw it. In both cases -- contraception and abortion -- he would have to overturn U.S. Supreme Court decisions (Griswold v. Connecticut and Roe v. Wade) upholding the legality of both. That could be done, of course, either by constitutional amendment (the hard way) or by appointing "activist" Justices to the court who hold the same beliefs as he (the easy way). We now know that such radical Justices, as shown in the Citizens United case opening the door wide to plutocrats and billionaire casino owners bent on buying elections, would hold no brief for such concepts as precedence, known to lawyers as stare decisis.David Hessnoreply@blogger.com