Wow !! The Constitution came in for bashing today in S.C.'s Palmetto Forum.
All except Romney said they would challenge the constitutionality of Roe v. Wade and defy the Supreme Court's decision by invoking Section 5 of Amendment 14, which says that "no state shall deprive any person of life . . . without due process."
They claim that this gives Congress the right to defy the Court to protect the life of those unborn people. Of course, this depends on defining an immature fetus as a person. They invoke this sweeping right for Congress to carve out certain areas that the Supreme Court cannot overrule the "will of the people" which is, supposedly, wielded purely by their elected representatives in Congress.
I thought that was the whole purpose of our checks and balances -- to give the Court jurisdiction over interpreting the Constitution. Now, it seems, they can only interpret those sections that Congress decides they can. Which really means that they are not co-equal branches.
Romney showed himself to be the only moderate in the crowd (Huntsman didn't take part in the Forum) by saying he would not provoke such a confrontation. He explained that this would then open the possibility of Democrats defying the Court on decisions they didn't like.
Even Newt jumped on the bandwagon of pandering to the anti-abortion crowd. Duh . . . what did I expect? This was South Carolina, Tea Party Country.
Ralph
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