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...Senate is perfectly entitled to turn down a Bork, a Souter, or any other appointee who fails, in its estimation, to sufficiently uphold these political ends--regardless of the appointee's scholarly qualifications. If it came to a standoff between the Senate and the President, the voters would eventually be called upon to break the dead-lock by voting one or the other out of office--the surest guarantee that the Supreme Court will reflect the political values of the citizenry...
...court's precarious pro-choice majority and the lives of millions hanging in the balance, the Senate must dare to err on the side of caution. It can and should reject Souter and other any nominee who will not assure them in unambiguous language that he or she will uphold the right to abortion against all encroachments. Some things are worth fighting...
...University has dragged its feet on the issue for almost 20 years, latching on to one discredited compromise after another while ignoring the pleas of such moral authorities as South African Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu, a member of the Board of Overseers. An educational institution that claims to uphold moral principles must recognize the imperative to eschew profits derived from institutionalized racism...
...close votes and the widely divergent opinions reveal a court still divided over abortion and, in these cases, over the state of the family. Justice Anthony Kennedy voted to uphold the Minnesota law, with or without the judicial bypass, reasoning that to keep parents in the dark about a daughter's abortion "is to risk, or perpetuate, estrangement or alienation from the child when she is in the greatest need of parental guidance and support." But even he conceded that at times "notifying one or both parents will not be in the minor's best interest...
...have said you would vote against the death penalty as a legislator, yet on the court you voted to uphold...