Comments on: Harriet Miers May Oppose Right to Contraception

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By: Think Progress » Podesta: The Right Holds Women Nominees to A Different Standard

Thu, 27 Oct 2005 18:14:06 +0000

[...] There is much in Harriet Miersâ€™ record to suggest she fell to the right of Robertsâ€™ on the question of abortion rights. She does not consider Griswold settled law and had a record of supporting anti-choice causes. [...]

By: jchorner

jchorner — Tue, 25 Oct 2005 07:39:56 +0000

Griswold is a benchmark case not for what it did (allow the sale of contraceptives in Connecticut) but rather for how it arrived at its decision. The right to privacy is not enumerated in the constitution but rather was imputed by the court on the basis of the ninth and fourteenth amendments among others. Roe v Wade followed this line of reasoning.

Whatever Miers’ opinions are on abortion she should be able to discuss the basis for the Courts decisions and apparantly she can’t.

By: Zookeeper

Zookeeper — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:26:41 +0000

Amen, Mary Poppin

By: Mary Poppin

Mary Poppin — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 21:15:58 +0000

THIS WOMAN HAS NEVER BEEN MARRIED. HOW CAN SHE MAKE ANY DECISION ON PRIVACY RIGHTS FOR MARRIED COUPLES? I guess they want all these babies born. Who is going to take care of them? Not these RIGHT WING RELIGIOUS NUTS.

By: Ima bushwacker

Ima bushwacker — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 20:46:09 +0000

This country is is so much danger because of this pigheaded C student, it’s terrifying. The lines between church and State are becoming narrower by the second, terrorism is more rampant than it ever was, privacy issues that had been resolved years ago are now fair game. Corruption is the order of the day throughout the “ruling class” in the halls of Congress… and there’s a laoded gun waiting to go off in ALL of our faces, and will impact on our children for years to come. The hidden surprises buried deep inside the Patriot Act that got rammed through Congress without a SINGLE member of either the House OR the Senate haqving actually read it in its entirety are going to turn this society into an Orwellian nightmare. The “freedoms” we all enjoy now will become nothing but distant memories, plaguing our troubled, sleepless nights waiting for the doors of our homes to burst open. You all are worried about Roe v. Wade? Just wait until some of the nasties in THAT bit of repressive legislation start rearing their ugly heads. JOHN ASHCROFT WAS A TOTAL ZEOLOT of the highest order… and his stint as AG is going to come back to haunt us all. Watch. Prepare. And get ready to rumble, my friends. The worst is yet to come…

By: Ryan Neat

Ryan Neat — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 04:40:47 +0000

Apparently Miers isn’t just for overturning Roe v. Wade, she’s also for a constitutional ban.

“Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers pledged support in 1989 for a constitutional amendment banning abortions except when necessary to save the life of the mother, according to material given to the Senate on Tuesday.”

So you can be assured that the new reichwing court won’t stop at overturning Roe v. Wade, they’ll find a way to attempt to make it ILLEGAL. Just watch and see if this reichwing government gets is way and appoints these activist judges!

By: Fresh Prince

Fresh Prince — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 03:33:34 +0000

Here you go, Ryan. This will cheer you up:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/18/AR2005101801549_pf.html

By: Ryan Neat

Ryan Neat — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 01:21:55 +0000

Brian,

Yeah, can’t you tell. I’m completely humorless…

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:44:01 +0000

Is that the first joke you’ve ever “cracked”, Ryan?

By: Ryan Neat

Ryan Neat — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 00:27:23 +0000

Pete,

The rumor is that Ms. Miers and Ms. Rice are ‘lunch buddies’. I wonder if they eat at the ‘Y’ very often?

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:46:15 +0000

Yeah, Pete,
sounds like ole girl needs to dust off the ugly parts and give the regular people a break.

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:43:56 +0000

Just heard a good story on NPR. Seems ole girl has split the evangelical base with her ambiguity.

By: Pete Bogs

Pete Bogs — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:42:57 +0000

btw, is Miers opposed to coitus interruptus, too? how would she enforce that? oh yes, Scalia and Thomas don’t believe in privacy even in our own bedrooms… don’t get caught making pearls, or you’ll make time in “the pen!”

By: kindness

kindness — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:41:14 +0000

Of course he will. Maybe it’ll evolve into a 3 year game of T ball. He puts the nominee up on the T & we bang it out of the park.

Thats liberal wishful think. I think Ope’s take is more realistic.

By: Pete Bogs

Pete Bogs — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:39:51 +0000

unmarried AND opposed to contraception? I guess the virginity rumors are true… how can we afford to have a virginal Supreme Court Justice? we need someone who understands, represents and respects our carnal values!

By: Ope

Ope — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:27:23 +0000

Sadly, if Miers doesn’t make it, Bush will just nominate another clone, someone else who will check all the right boxes. Keep in mind that, with 3+ years still to go with Bush, this country is stuck with long-term indigestion. Perhaps next year’s elections might change that. By the way, why are we still discussing Clinton? He’s been out of office for nearly five years.

By: Ryan Neat

Ryan Neat — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 23:07:53 +0000

“â€œCanâ€™t you stand alone with a thought of your own?â€
I do just that when I post on this site. Usually the responses I get are full of name-calling and abuse from the so-called â€œprogressivesâ€ around here. Rarely does anyone on the left engage in an open exchange of facts and figures.”

Really? Is that why everything you post is identical the same thing every other republican posts? If you ‘believe’ you have original thoughts – then you’re not only stupid – you’re delusional!

Actually it’s called an ‘adjective’. When a name is descriptive, it ceases being a ‘name calling’ simply becomes a descriptive term. If I called you a ‘dog’, that would be name calling. But calling you an unoriginal idiot who pushes previously debunked propaganda – then that’s merely descriptive.

“I am at least critical of my party and President Bush from time to time. The left seems incapable of facing the truth, especially when the truth involves facts that are unfavorable to the Clintons.”

You are? Are you kidding? I don’t remember you every being critical of your party, and when you were, it’s because you thought the should be more stupid and more rightwing than they already are! You’re a lying bag of crap (now that WAS just a little name calling).

Now as for being critical – you obviously miss the point where we bitch about democrats not screaming louder, or the DLC fvcking with the democratic party, or democrats not fighting the abomination of a bankruptcy bill harder, or even the democrats not having the balls to fight roberts. All of those were in fact us bitching about our party – so what again were you bitching about? Oh right, clinton. Get a life you weasel!

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By: Spudge_Boy

Spudge_Boy — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:58:16 +0000

WHat’s the matter BSR, can’t find any facts to back your position up, so you try and feed us your usual line of bullsh!t?

Come on bitch, make a point or get the fvck out of here. Your a useless person.

By: Ryan Neat

Ryan Neat — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 22:55:42 +0000

“Getting back to Harriet Miers, I suggest everyone, including her conservative detractors, take a deep breath and wait for the hearings.
Comment by Blue State Red”

She’s a crony idiot, just like you. The only way she’ll get confirmed is if some of the democrats prefer her over someone who’s smarter, hoping she learns something on the court!