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Joe Biden: What we need is a "consensus candidate" for the Supreme Court this time
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2018/06/29/joe-biden-need-consensus-candidate-supreme-court-time-n259762
– Even if nominations typically were rubber-stamped by the Senate, this one would be closely run because abortion has been SCOTUS’s plaything … It’s impossible by definition since there is no consensus on abortion. … His own justices will be the swing votes It’s one thing to oppose Trump’s nominee on abortion grounds; it’s another to do it because…
Poll: Two-thirds of Americans oppose overturning Roe v. Wade
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2018/06/29/poll-two-thirds-americans-oppose-overturning-roe-v-wade-n259756
– be before they had five votes on the Court again to reinstate abortion on demand? … In reality, blue states would quickly legalize abortion on demand. … from changing the current abortion laws by statute.…
Politico: Conservatives telling Trump to pick a woman for SCOTUS
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2018/06/29/politico-conservatives-telling-trump-pick-woman-scotus-n259757
– Some conservatives concerned about the optics of replacing Anthony Kennedy, the center square on abortion issues for the last generation … Choosing a female nominee could turn down some of the heat on the abortion issue, give some political cover to female Republican senators … “It takes on special significance when people expect abortion to probably be the biggest issue. … I think it’s given even more significance…
Why Mike Lee (probably) can't get confirmed for SCOTUS
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2018/06/29/mike-lee-probably-cant-get-confirmed-scotus-n259748
– many times in confirmation hearings, we’re all familiar with the tapdance a Supreme Court nominee must perform when asked about abortion … It’s not just abortion. Kagan gave a variation of the same answer, as I recall, when asked in 2010 about legalizing gay marriage. … Their base would collapse in November if they went to the mat for Lee given his public rhetoric about abortion.…
Murkowski, Collins: Let it be known that Roe is settled law
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2018/06/29/murkowski-collins-let-known-roe-settled-law-n259746
– Collins emphasized stare decisis on abortion law yesterday: Collins said Thursday that although she wouldn’t ask Trump’s pick how … At any rate, it sounds as though Collins wants to take a tough public line on abortion but avoid the impression of a litmus test. … Yet the politics of abortion get murky when voters are asked about specific restrictions.…
Whoopi warns Republicans: "Get out of my behind! Get out of my vagina!"
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2018/06/28/whoopi-warns-republicans-get-behind-get-vagina-n259690
– Whoopi’s abortion rant is next-level, though: I don’t like hearing, again, that I’m trying to take your rights away. … the unlikely event that the Court overturns Roe, blue states across the country would move quickly in the aftermath to legalize abortion
Hmmm: SCOTUS to take up double jeopardy in next term
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2018/06/28/hmmm-scotus-take-double-jeopardy-next-term-n259693
– Add a hefty and contentious constitutional question other than abortion to the mix.…
Why didn't Ginsburg and/or Breyer retire sooner so that Obama could appoint their replacements?
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2018/06/28/didnt-ginsburg-breyer-retire-sooner-obama-appoint-replacements-n259686
– Blame the abortion-fanatic left, which would react to a woman-imposed edict barring them from killing children in the womb with homicidal…
SCOTUS shortlister: Come on, Kennedy's retirement doesn't mean the end of abortion rights
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2018/06/28/scotus-shortliste…kennedys-retirement-doesnt-mean-end-abortion-rights-n259676
– in the room, but Brian Kilmeade eventually asks Lee about whether Kennedy’s departure is Roetterdammerung and an end to legal abortion … Lee says the whole issue is overblown because abortion (and same-sex marriage) have already been decided. … It’s more likely that they’d start with Casey and allow more restrictions on abortion, at least at first.…
Dems: Save us, Collins and Murkowski, you're our only hope
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2018/06/28/dems-save-us-collins-murkowski-youre-hope-n259665
– Both are moderates who support abortion rights and they are likely to face growing pressure should Trump put forward a conservative … They’re not going to easily cast a vote for a fifth vote against Roe on the Supreme Court, at least not for an explicitly anti-abortion
Are you ready for President Michael Avenatti?
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2018/06/27/ready-president-michael-avenatti-n259645
– A devout Catholic, he once sought a middle path on abortion: supporting abortion rights but opposing government funding of it.…
Jeffrey Toobin: 'Roe v Wade is doomed'
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2018/06/27/jeffrey-toobin-roe-v-wade-doomed-n259660
– Toobin also predicted how it would happen, “You are going to see 20 states pass laws banning abortion outright, just banning abortion … Overturning Roe doesn’t make abortion illegal except in places where voters want it to be illegal. … Abortion doesn’t end with Roe, not by a long shot. The battle just moves to the states.…
If Schumer hadn't insisted on filibustering Gorsuch he'd be in a much better position now
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2018/06/27/schumer-hadnt-insi…d-filibustering-gorsuch-hed-much-better-position-now-n259657
– filibustering Gorsuch has created a situation where Trump can now install the fifth vote on the Court for overturning legalized abortion
Breaking: Kennedy retiring; Trump: I'm using my campaign list for next nominee; McConnell: Vote coming this fall; Lee: "I would not say no"; Update: DNC committee meeting laments
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2018/06/27/breaking-kennedy-retiring-n259641
– Robinson (@KimberlyRobinsn) June 27, 2018 Justice Anthony Kennedy, a conservative who provided key votes for same sex-marriage, abortion … Because only Thomas has declared opposition to Roe v Wade, it’s uncertain whether opponents of abortion would have the five votes needed…
Supreme Court term finale: Targeting the gov't compelled-speech archipelago
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2018/06/27/supreme-court-term-finale-targeting-compelled-speech-govt-archipelago-n259616
– Perhaps the majority stopped worrying about 5-4 splits or perhaps they understood that a case involving abortion would never get any…
Gosnell movie finally gets a distribution deal
https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2018/06/26/gosnell-movie-finally-gets-distribution-deal-will-theaters-october-n259596
– The movie stars Dean Cain as the lead detective who pursued the case of Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor who is serving … local crime story” despite the fact that Gosnell is probably the most prolific serial killer in American history and the fact that abortion … there was this famous image of the courtroom during the trial: PHOTO: Seats for media in Courtroom 304 at the Kermit Gosnell abortion
SCOTUS delivers pro-life -- and free-speech -- win in 5-4 NIFLA decision
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2018/06/26/scotus-delivers-pro-life-free-speech-win-5-4-nifla-decision-n259553
– down forced-speech laws in California that apply to pro-life crisis pregnancy centers that require them to provide referrals to abortion … For example, one of the statesponsored services that the licensed notice requires petitioners to advertise is abortion—the very practice … wrote in a concurrence that this should be taken broadly as a brake against government-imposed speech, not just when it comes to abortion
Leading Mexican presidential candidate promises radical revolution
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2018/06/24/leading-mexican-presidential-candidate-promises-radical-revolution-n259492
– He’s non-committal on social issues like gay marriage and abortion.  … Lopez Obrador has kept a lid on potential conflict within his alliance by adopting ambiguous stances on contentious issues such as abortion
George Will: Vote Democrat this fall if you care about your country
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2018/06/23/george-will-vote-democrat-fall-care-country-n259485
– But voting for the party of open borders and anytime abortion? Of national handgun bans? … To the extent that their orthodoxy on hot buttons like guns and abortion has changed, it’s shifted towards maximum liberalization of…
Minnesota Dreamin': Trump stakes claim on state with longest Dem winning streak
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2018/06/20/minnesota-dreamin-trump-stakes-claim-state-longest-dem-winning-streak-n259351
– candidates and policies as an opening for them to attract voters from rural, outstate districts who may be pro-union, and support abortion
The Hill: Evangelical leaders bailing on Trump over family-separation outcomes
https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2018/06/20/hill-evangelical-leaders-bailing-trump-family-separation-outcomes-n259312
– The risk here isn’t that these voters will suddenly start voting for pro-abortion Democrats, but that they will not feel enthused to…
Steve Schmidt: Be advised that I'm leaving the Republican Party
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2018/06/20/steve-schmidt-advised-im-leaving-republican-party-n259334
– His suggestion to replace them with a party that condones abortion on demand at any point during pregnancy — “the only party left in … It’s not just abortion. I repeat what I said in the Lewandowski post.…
The Corey Lewandowski "womp womp" clip
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2018/06/20/corey-lewandowski-womp-womp-clip-n259316
– And on the other we have the party of open borders, of abortion up to the moment of crowning, of campus mobs and “anti”-fascists:…
Women's March continues despite internal anti-Semitism
https://hotair.com/karen-townsend/2019/01/19/womens-march-continues-despite-internal-anti-semitism-n267390
– In stark contrast to the March for Life that occurred yesterday in Washington, D.C., the women marching Saturday are all about abortion
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