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...looked forward to when I first went to Washington was the opportunity to debate and discuss difficult issues with those who had competing ideas," but no one was interested. He cannot have tried very hard. This assertion lends special poignance to Thomas' confirmation testimony that he had never debated Roe v. Wade...
Recently accused of being conciliatory toward Democrats, Hatch's actions in the hearings have been puzzling. His questions about Ginsburg's unclear stand on Roe v. Wade have been sharp and unyielding, but his vote seems still to reside with the nominee. However, he might try to repudiate those vile rumors of conciliation by readying a bite to accompany his tiresome bark...
...groups like NARAL and NOW are so in favor of "choice", why don't they call for the immediate reversal of Roe v. Wade and let each state choose its own policy on the matter? That would allow each citizen of this land more "choice" about whether or not abortion would be legal in his or her area...
...Byron White. A quick Senate confirmation was expected for Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a judge on the federal appeals court in Washington and a pioneering feminist lawyer. Ginsburg was praised by both liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans, though some women's groups were nervously reviewing her position that the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling was the right decision but based on the wrong grounds. Only two days before the President named Ginsburg, his aides told the press that he was almost certain to nominate Appeals Court Judge Stephen Breyer. Clinton's personal chemistry with the candidates -- he was cool...
...sail through the Senate despite concerns among liberals about the centrist position she has assumed on the Appeals Court (she has voted as often with the Republican appointees as with the Carter appointees). Women's groups are also worried over criticism the pro- choice Ginsburg leveled at the Roe v. Wade decision in a speech last March. She had contended that equal protection, rather than privacy, would have been better grounds and created less of a backlash. The strong reaction surprised her. Says Stanford law professor Barbara Babcock, who had dinner with her shortly after the speech: "She was hurt...