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- From: dsholtsi@csl36h.csl.ncsu.edu (Doug Holtsinger)
- Subject: The Supreme Court exceeded its authority in Roe v. Wade
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.054752.13697@ncsu.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 05:47:52 GMT
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- I recently ran across a stunning quote concerning
- the Supreme Court decision Roe v. Wade:
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- "... Nor did The Times--or most of the other major media--pay
- much attention to the discovery by Bob Woodward of the
- Washington Post last year that two justices who had played
- a major role in the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing
- abortion had conceded, in private memos, that they knew
- they were ``legislating policy and exceeding [the court's]
- authority as the interpreter, not the maker of law,'' as
- Woodward wrote."
-
- The Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1990
- "Abortion foes stereotyped, some in the media believe",
- by David Shaw
-
-
- I find this to be a remarkable revelation, and I was wondering
- if anyone knew the date of the Washington Post story, or any
- details about the "private memos" of the justices.
-
-
- Doug Holtsinger
-
-