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...Philadelphia - where Gore has been told that a huge Democratic margin is vital to taking the state as a whole - Gore actually reminded a black congregation that way back when, "strict constructionist" meant Dred Scott and three-fifths of a person, and that of course he much preferred Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas. And that was after he reminded them that everyone has to choose between "good and evil...
...comparison, then at least pretty much the same old American thing. The dilemmas remain. The Supreme Court in recent days has handed down decisions on gays in the Boy Scouts, Miranda rights, prayer at high school football games, and - disgracefully - on partial birth abortion. Whitman's day had the Dred Scott decision, which denied American citizenship to blacks. The Supreme Court, never truly the last word on anything, has much to answer...
...notable exception of McCain--attacked frontrunner Bush for his politics and policies. Bauer, comparing the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision to the Dred Scott decision a century earlier, challenged Bush to choose a pro-life running mate. Forbes took aim at Bush's freshly minted economic policy--unveiled last Wednesday in Iowa--charging that it provided too few tax cuts of too small a size...
Senator Spector told the audience that he stands by Roe v. Wade. When asked about whether he would stand by a decision like Dred Scott, he said something along the lines of, "Um, that's different..." What this response illustrates is that the Supreme Court isn't always so supreme to Senator Specter...
When the Court gives Specter a good excuse to adopt what he sees as a politically expedient position, the Supreme Court lives up to its name. But when standing by the Court leads Specter into something problematic (Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferguson), it is no longer supreme, and Diana Ross heads straight out the door. The Court is reduced to nothing more to him than nine men and women with cool robes...