[thechat] US Elections

[Martin Burns]

On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Ben Dyer wrote:

> At 03:32 PM 11/7/2002, you wrote:
> >Today, the cows mooved Ben Dyer to write that Republicans are :
> > >    - Against abortion (although this is a moot point as it would take a
> > > constitutional amendment to override it)
> >
> >Nope, just a Supreme Court decision.

> True.  I did say I was overgeneralizing. :)  The only thing that can
> override a Supreme Court decision is another Supreme Court decision (rare)
> or a constitutional amendment.

And given that Bush is now free to nominate anyone he wants for the
Supreme Court just as soon as spaces come available...

Cheers
Martin>

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