Word: overturn
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...restoring the Legislature's power to regulate abortions, Massachusetts voters would not write lawmakers a blank check to overturn Roe v. Wade, as the majority opinion claims. In fact, the referendum is only trying to make this state's laws consistent with the U.S. Constitution...
Justice Department Spokesman Terry Eastland contends that the naysayers have misinterpreted his boss, who only meant to stress that those who believe a decision is wrong may seek out legitimate ways to overturn it. Eastland points to the example of civil rights groups, which for years submitted briefs to the court urging the reversal of Plessy vs. Ferguson, the 1896 decision upholding segregation. Meese has made clear that he believes issues such as abortion and the rights of the accused remain similarly unsettled...
...magic number is four. If Senate Democrats can pick up that many seats in this year's elections, they will overturn the G.O.P.'s 53-to-47 majority. For both parties, this means war. "Never has a Democratic victory been more urgently needed," exhort letters from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee. "We're in the fight of our lives!" exclaim letters from the Republican Presidential Task Force. The White House too is signaling red alert. "For this Administration's next two years," says Reagan's political adviser Mitch Daniels, "nothing approaches control of the Senate in importance...
...landmark cases, Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton, that in the first trimester, the abortion decision must be left to the pregnant woman and her doctor. Right now, a 5-4 vote upholds Roe v. Wade; just one more anti-choice Supreme Court Justice would be enough to overturn it. If, when, and as soon as this happens, passage of Question 1 will give the Massachusetts Legislature the power to outlaw abortion--even in the case of rape and incest victims and women with serious health problems...
...three other distinguished legal academicians disagreed with Fried's attack on judges' power to overturn laws they deem unconstitutional...