Tapsearch Com EditorGiuliani doesn't even know where he stands on abortion
May 4th 2007 22:27
Guiliani was asked yesterday whether it would be a good thing if the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade. From the debate:
First of all, the question wasn't whether a judge should decide it, it was which way a judge should decide it.
Two, his remarks are self-contradictory. If a federal judge were to "make that decision" in a pro-Roe manner, states could no longer "make their own decisions." Which is it, Mayor?
It's amazing when politicians flip-flop in seconds. He was for Roe before he was against it, I guess.
By Robert VerBruggen
MR. GIULIANI: It would be okay [to overturn].
MR. MATTHEWS: Okay to repeal?
MR. GIULIANI: It would be okay to repeal. Or it would be okay also if a strict constructionist judge viewed it as precedent, and I think a judge has to make that decision.
MR. MATTHEWS: Would it be okay if they didn’t repeal it?
MR. GIULIANI: I think that -- I think the court has to make that decision, and then the country can deal with it. We’re a federalist system of government, and states could make their own decisions.
MR. MATTHEWS: Okay to repeal?
MR. GIULIANI: It would be okay to repeal. Or it would be okay also if a strict constructionist judge viewed it as precedent, and I think a judge has to make that decision.
MR. MATTHEWS: Would it be okay if they didn’t repeal it?
MR. GIULIANI: I think that -- I think the court has to make that decision, and then the country can deal with it. We’re a federalist system of government, and states could make their own decisions.
First of all, the question wasn't whether a judge should decide it, it was which way a judge should decide it.
Two, his remarks are self-contradictory. If a federal judge were to "make that decision" in a pro-Roe manner, states could no longer "make their own decisions." Which is it, Mayor?
It's amazing when politicians flip-flop in seconds. He was for Roe before he was against it, I guess.
By Robert VerBruggen
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