Miers

[Hamilton02 at aol.com]

On the points about the ability (or inability) for Republicans or  
conservatives to get a constitutional amendment, and the comments about  Roe/Casey, does 
anyone have any hard data about the opposition to Roe (or lack  thereof), in 
the Republican Party?  Among all voters, a significant  majority are opposed 
to reversing Roe, but what about within the Republican  Party?  I have been 
told that even within the Party, a  majority is not opposed to Roe. That is 
something the President  would know and that would affect his calculations for his 
next  appointment.  
 
 
Marci
 
 
 
 
In a message dated 10/28/2005 2:38:18 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
nebraskalawprof at yahoo.com writes:

Frankly, I think social conservatives are more concerned with  stopping the 
Court from imposing same-sex marriage and anti-religious  hostility on the 
country than they are about getting Roe  reversed. 
 
Roe will not be reversed for the foreseeable future. I think  most 
conservatives understand that.
 
But Lawrence could easily grow to include a right to homosexual  marriage. 
And that would be the final "end of democracy" for social  conservatives. 
 
Social conservatives also want a Court that will respect religious  liberty 
(including the liberty to not have religion completely banished from  public 
schools and the public square). They want more free exercise, strong  free 
speech rights, and equal access to government benefit programs (including  school 
choice).
 
Frankly, it is the far left that is obsessed with Roe and which  keeps 
shouting the "sky will fall" if a conservative nominee is  confirmed.



 
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