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Several students from the Harvard Republican Club and the Harvard-Radcliffe Alliance for Life courageously protested Specter's pro-abortion position (before their banners were forcibly removed by Kennedy School personnel). Several of these students asked Specter about his position on abortion...
During the question-and-answer session, Specter was unable to offer a cogent explanation for his a pro-abortion position. All of his responses boiled down to the following lame mantra: "The Supreme Court has decided the issue, and we are a nation of laws. The Supreme Court has decided...
Both of these statements are true. Yes, the Court has decided the issue. And yes, we are a nation of laws. (Senator Specter sure knows his high school civics.) But Specter was unable to tell the audience about why he agrees with the Court. It is not enough for Spector to tell us that the Court has spoken. He should also be able to tell us why he thinks the Court decided rightly...
...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...