Graham on Roe v. Wade: 'You don't overturn precedent unless there's a good reason'

[babylonsister]

So what 'good reason' will he find?

Graham on Roe v. Wade: 'You don’t overturn precedent unless there’s a good reason'
By Max Greenwood - 07/01/18 07:31 AM EDT


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) asserted on Sunday that Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court case that legalized abortion nationwide, should not be overturned "unless there's a good reason."

In an interview airing on NBC's "Meet the Press," Graham said that the 1973 decision has been reaffirmed "in many different ways" in subsequent rulings, and that the precedent should be respected.

"You don’t overturn precedent unless there’s a good reason," Graham said.

"I would tell my pro-life friends: you can be pro-life and conservative, but you can also believe in stare decisis," he added, using a legal term used to refer to precedent.

His comments came days after Justice Anthony Kennedy announced that he would retire from the Supreme Court at the end of July, a move that will allow President Trump to nominate his second justice to the high court.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/395023-graham-on-roe-v-wade-you-dont-overturn-precedent-unless-theres-a-good-reason

[janterry]

1. SCOTUS is selected for politics

stop pretending Graham. You know it.

[dalton99a]

2. Typical reasonable-sounding bullshit from Lindsey

[manor321]

3. Roe v. Wade is gone

Forget all this fucking nonsense on TV. It is a smokescreen.

[Eyeball_Kid]

4. Nice to hear Graham weigh in. Okay. He's weighed in. Now he can be pushed over.

Nothing new here. Graham lost his spine at birth.

[oasis]

6. Without "Daddy" McCain to guide him, he's completely lost.

[northoftheborder]

5. Precedent "smeshident"..

Think that old tradition is a bump in the road for these people???? Stare decisis? Gone. 14th amendment,

[Wounded Bear]

7. For most Repubs, "I wanna" seems to be sufficient reason...

for all kinds of petulant bullshit.

[shraby]

8. Graham is an empty bowl.

[TheBlackAdder]

9. What's Graham's "good reason" to overturn Post-WWII World Order, and American Democracy for Putin?

[Takket]

10. that is a load of BS designed to fool the left into trust.

The "good reason" for the right is "babies being murdered" (their term, not mine) and Graham knows that and will install a justice to overturn Roe. They just want us to believe their is a glimmer of hope to they can enjoy our suffering that much more in the end.