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Entry: No, McCain Won't End Abortion Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/mccain_wont_end_abortion#21993 Post contents: Rollo: It is certainly true that judges do more than sit around working on, or worrying about, abortion cases. In the case of the judge whom I know the best, in her more than 20 years on the Fifth Circuit, she has actually had to rule on only one such case: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data2/circs/5th/0310711p.pdf and as can be seen, the constraints of Supreme Court precedent are substantially dispositive for lower court judges. While this certainly argues for better Supremes, the lower courts do other very important work and should not be overlooked. A problem with judicial appointments generally, though, is that once they get appointed they don't always (one might even say, "often") turn out the way the Executive Branch folks thought they would. With respect to Roe, probably only a person already well known as a hard core opponent of Roe could be really counted on to vote to overrule it, and what do you want to bet on the likelihood of confirmation of such a person? So all of that said, while I like others voted for Bush in 2004 on the basis of judicial appointments, I do not think I will make that mistake again. It's not to say that I won't eventually reconcile to voting for "Ludendorff", but then again I might vote for Hindenburg, or Dollfuss. Sent at: 2008 08 21