Mitt Romney would move the Court even further right, putting landmark decisions like Roe v. Wade at risk. Some say Romney would repeat the past. I disagree - he'd be worse.
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Related If the U.S. Supreme Court would agree with the South Dakota case, Roe is overturned. There would be ... PAM SUTHERLAND I don't think even conservatives believe the court is ready to overturn Roe v. Wade. JEFFREY TOOBIN On the matter - on the issue of life, it's life. So I actually would pursue appointment, court a... EVAN MCMULLIN After 'Roe v. Wade' - when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion in 1973 - I thought the... KAREN DECROW I would predict with a very high level of confidence that he would not vote to overrule Roe v. Wade. ARTHUR HELLMAN My dream part would be to play Mitt Romney's sarcastic black maid. We could call it 'Mammy &... NATASHA LEGGERO They're all focusing on how John Roberts is going to decide Roe v. Wade. That isn't even the... JAY ALAN SEKULOW Mitt Romney is the guy who said corporations are people. No, Governor Romney, corporations are not p... ELIZABETH WARREN He essentially did not answer the Roe v. Wade question, ELEANOR SMEAL For me, one of the most important issues that needs to be addressed by Judge Roberts is the constitu... DIANNE FEINSTEIN They're all focusing on how John Roberts is going to decide Roe v. Wade . That isn't even the right ... JAY SEKULOW Remember, many Republicans didn't vote for Mitt Romney. He didn't inspire people. DONALD TRUMP I think he could well vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. NAN ARON I think he could well vote to overturn Roe v. Wade, NAN ARON Anybody who would read this letter from 20 years ago as an indication that he would overturn Roe v. ... STEVE SCHMIDT We now have five Catholics on the Supreme Court. Must they vote to overturn Roe v. Wade? TIM RUSSERT While anchoring at Boston's WCVB-TV, I reported on Mitt Romney's run for Massachusetts gover... DAVID MUIR Even at the end of a presidential election campaign, we have no way to know what Mitt Romney really ... CARL BERNSTEIN I'm surprised at people who have a passion for Mitt Romney, because he's taken every positio... MARK HAMILL Individual plaintiffs would have to go into court and show the regulation was unconstitutional as ap... JACK BALKIN I don't think Romney is wacky at all, but religion makes intelligent people say and do wacky thi... CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Both Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich supported the Wall Street bailout. MICHELE BACHMANN Quite frankly, I would prefer to have a non-Christian like Mitt Romney who at least pretends to embr... ROBERT JEFFRESS It reaffirmed the central holding in Roe v. Wade. JOHN ROBERTS A lot of people feel very good about Mitt Romney and I think he's going to do a great job. DONALD TRUMP We don't have to guess what Mitt Romney would have done if he were president. Because he told us... KAMALA HARRIS Unlike Mitt Romney, President Obama is standing up for Planned Parenthood. BEV PERDUE Mitt - what I speak to Mitt Romney about is jobs. What I speak to Mitt Romney about is China, becaus... DONALD TRUMP It does not signify disagreement with Roe v. Wade, ARLEN SPECTER Abortion might outgrow its need for Roe v. Wade. NORMA MCCORVEY Sam is not going to overturn Roe v. Wade. RICHARD COLLIER U.S. Sen. Lincoln Chafee said yesterday that, contrary to a statement from a campaign aide, he would... LINCOLN CHAFEE I personally - if I were designing the tax code - would have a tax code in which Mitt Romney paid mo... BILL KRISTOL Thirty-two years after the legalization of abortion by the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade, the m... RICK SANTORUM For those of us who originally disagreed with ObamaCare and now disagree with the majority opinion o... BOB BEAUPREZ In the more than four decades since Roe v. Wade, it has become clear that some will stop at nothing ... SUZAN DELBENE Gov. Romney said he would veto the Dream Act. Gov. Romney essentially said the 11 million people oug... DAVID PLOUFFE From a social-conservative standpoint, he would be way down at the bottom of the heap. At least Romn... GARY GLENN I was one of the hardest-hitting conservatives on George W. Bush. Republicans didn't like me on ... GLENN BECK In my lifetime, Mitt Romney is the most qualified leader I've ever seen run for the presidency o... JACK WELCH I don't think these cases tell us anything about whether he would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade or no... JAMES BOPP Our country is in deep trouble. To talk and re-litigate in 1998, or even what Mitt Romney said or di... LAURA INGRAHAM Many American boys that fought in WWII had been sterilized under eugenic laws passed by the the Unit... A.E. SAMAAN For thirty years, beginning with the invention of a privacy right in the Supreme Court decision Roe ... DAVID HOROWITZ Mitt Romney has outdone himself in choosing Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate. DAVID LIMBAUGH Mitt Romney - he had a Rock Hudson thing going, shoeblack hair and a well-hung resume, but even for ... JAMES WOLCOTT Prior to ROE V. WADE, abortions were common even though they were illegal. I don't think making ... TONY CAMPOLO Mitt Romney's energy policy is a relic of the 19th century. We need a 21st century plan. The fat... BERNIE SANDERS Some group would have to decide to challenge the constitutionality of the law based on the rules set... CAROL WEST It appears to raise issues concerning its constitutionality under Roe v. Wade. In the past, the gove... JODI WHITAKER Mitt Romney is a nice guy. But, we know where nice guys finish in politics. MARK MCKINNON I think it’s important that (Roe v. Wade) remain legal for medical reasons and other reasons. LAURA BUSH I like Mitt Romney as a person. I think he's a dignified person. But I have no common ground on ... RON PAUL Within the cult of Wall Street that forged Mitt Romney, making money justifies any behavior, no matt... MATT TAIBBI I'd make a comment at a meeting and nobody would even acknowledge me. Then some man would say th... CHARLOTTE BUNCH Judge Casey said his ruling was dictated by a 5 to 4 Supreme Court ruling in 2000, which held that R... DOUGLAS JOHNSON First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. ... DENNIS KUCINICH Mitt Romney is a Mormon, and don't let anybody tell you otherwise. Even though he talks about Je... ROBERT JEFFRESS We pursued the wrong policies. George Bush is not on the ballot. Bill Clinton is not on the ballot. ... GLENN HUBBARD Some air needs to be let out of the balloon, and this may be the way to do it. Even Schumer would li... CHARLES FREEMAN If Romney were a chair, he'd be a squishy, expensively upholstered easy chair that bore the impr... TIMOTHY NOAH It would be very difficult, and I said this to you privately and I said it publicly, for me to vote ... DIANNE FEINSTEIN Whether it was turning around failing companies, rescuing the Olympics, or improving the business cl... TIMOTHY GRIFFIN Whether it was turning around failing companies, rescuing the Olympics, or improving the business cl... TIM GRIFFIN Mitt Romney won the GOP nomination on a platform of 'self-deportation' for illegal immigrant... JOHN DICKERSON Like the impact the Roe v. Wade decision had on women's reproductive health care, this decision will... BETTY DEFAZIO After four years of getting the run-around, America needs a turnaround, and the man for the job is G... PAUL RYAN Mitt Romney has won the 2012 presidential nomination by promising Republicans that he would end a so... CHRISTINE PELOSI What Roe v. Wade Should Have Said: America's Top Legal Experts Rewrite America's Most Controversial ... JACK BALKIN The Republican agenda is, and always has been, to repeal Roe v. Wade, and at the very least, erode i... MADELEINE M. KUNIN Just a few months ago in the Republican primary Mitt Romney said to his opponents, who he was crushi... STEPHANIE CUTTER Either Mitt Romney through his own words and his own signature was misrepresenting his position at B... STEPHANIE CUTTER Mitt Romney privatizes the gains from his enterprises, but spreads the costs to the rest of us. Seem... JENNIFER GRANHOLM If Gov. Romney were the governor of South Dakota he would sign it. The governor believes that states... JULIE TEER My greatest concern is that Mitt Romney seldom addresses the social issues publicly... I'm refer... JAMES DOBSON During his runs for the GOP presidential nomination, Mitt Romney has done a good job of mimicking Re... JACKSON KATZ [It was the same story when Roberts was asked whether he believed in a person's right to privacy, a ... JOHN ROBERTS For 20 years or so there had been a movement to chip away at Roe v Wade by adding barriers to aborti... ELIZABETH NASH On this anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that forced abortion upon all 50 state... DAVID BEREIT Even anti-choice Justices Antonin Scalia and William Rehnquist respect precedent, but that hasn't st... NANCY KEENAN Sometimes in this country, we don't focus a lot on people's experience and their resume. Mit... ARTUR DAVIS The Tea Party isolated Mitt Romney from mainstream voters, linking him to a rabid ideology that he c... ELIOT SPITZER I have a traditional Catholic personal position, but I am very strongly supportive that women should... TIM KAINE Mitt Romney says he believes in America and that he will restore American exceptionalism. I have new... JOHN F. KERRY If Mitt Romney is vanilla, Chris Christie is three hefty scoops of Rocky Road topped with whipped cr... RON FOURNIER He has supported overturning Roe vs. Wade in the form of a constitutional amendment to protect t... DOUGLAS JOHNSON I'm related to the portrait painter George Romney. WAVY GRAVY I think what's going to hurt the Republicans enormously is the extremist position of Mitt Romney... BILL RICHARDSON Barack Obama seems intent on enrolling more people on food stamps. Mitt Romney's focus is going ... MIKE HUCKABEE They're all sanctity of life issues. Roe v. Wade was the foundation for so many of these other issue... MARIE TASY I think the idea of trying to demonize Governor Romney's going to backfire. Their attempts so fa... STEVE FORBES When Mitt Romney talked about Putin expanding his sphere of influence, Obama mocked and said, 'T... TED CRUZ Throughout this primary process the voters have vetted each candidate and after a spirited contest t... CANDICE S. MILLER Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production ... 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