[Harry Rex Vonner]

^ You also might want to check out the politics of these guys.


Majority Blackmun, joined by Burger, Douglas, Brennan, Stewart, Marshall, Powell
Concurrence Burger
Concurrence Douglas
Concurrence Stewart
Dissent White, joined by Rehnquist
Dissent Rehnquist

Ah, TheRealVille, you refer to Roe v Wade. I suspect that my knowledge of Roe v Wade is superior to that of most. Few have actually read the decision. Have you? I have read it in its entirety- several times. I have lectured on Roe v Wade dozens of times. I am versed in the ins and outs and the politics of the decision. Legal scholars generally agree that Harry Blackmun wrote a weak decision.

The Supreme Court makes bad decisions and justices, like Harry Blackmun, write poor decisions. Check out Chief Justice Roger B. Taney's reasoning in the Dred Scott Case and Justice Henry Brown's logic in Plessy v Ferguson for two good examples. If you need a more modern example, I would recommend the obviously flawed decision of Chief Justice Roberts in the Obamacare Case.

My point, of course, is that the law of human beings are flawed because they are written by men (and women) who have their own agendas. If anyone believes that these decisions are made completely on the merits (as we like to say) and that those making the decisions do so with no personal bias, that person is naive at best and a fool at worst.

Look at our present group of nine. We have four ultra-liberals who would never vote otherwise. We have three conservatives justices who do the same from the other side. We have Roberts who, hopefully (and his history would so indicate) won't leave the reservation (so to speak) in the future. And, we have Kennedy who, in most cases, is a fifth conservative vote. Obama's greatest dream is to have one of the five conservatives die so that he can replace him with a wild-eyed liberal so that he can completely control the judiciary.

Just a bit of interesting trivia. How many Protestants are on the present Court? The answer is zero. It is made up of three Jews (all three ultra-liberal) and six Catholics 9all conservative except for Sotomayor who is, at best a Cafeteria Catholic in the mold of Biden).

Both decisions, like Roe, are immoral.