Who Said Election Wasn't About Supreme Court?

Everyone knew the last presidential election was all about the Supreme Court. Conservatives along with pro-lifers will see no conservative appointed to the Supreme Court, under the Obama Presidency.

 

The first appointment was Sonia Sotomayor. Now the President will shortly be recommending his appointee for a new Supreme Court Justice, who will replace Justice John Paul Stevens. Justice Stevens announced his resignation from the court, in a letter to President Obama. What a missed opportunity for the Life movement and for the conservative cause in general.

 

Justice John Paul Stevens has served for 34 years. He is presently 89 yrs. old and a Catholic ( in name only ). He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1975 by President Gerald Ford. I believe that's the year the Beatles broke up. He is the longest serving justice on the Supreme Court. Over the years, since his nomination, Justice Stevens has become increasingly liberal.  

 

Justice Stevens voted to uphold Roe v Wade in the 1992 case, Planned Parenthood vs Casey, and supports the notion that the US Constitution supports a woman's right to abort her child.

 

Nancy Keenan, the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, praised Stevens as, "Among the strongest supporters of the right to choose, currently serving on the Supreme Court, and his retirement serves as yet another stark reminder of the important role the court plays in our everyday lives."

 

Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life, warned of another battle over abortion looming with the open Supreme Court seat, "The opening of a Supreme Court seat, will again, open the ongoing debate in our nation over abortion-and it well should, not because justices are supposed to shape public policy, but because the very purpose of government is the protection of human rights, starting with life. Anyone who fails to affirm that, does not belong in any public office, much less the Supreme Court."