Abortion, Planned Parenthood v. Casey

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Let's hope that Stevens finally croaks soon.

Compassionate conservative.

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I agree that the compelling interest test with it's undue burdens and all is complete crap. The scary thing is that the 1992 court is just about the most conservative we've had in the past 70 years. If that court couldn't overturn Roe. v Wade than which one will? Assuming that Roberts and Alito turn out OK (a BIG assumption I might add), we're still one vote away from overturning garbage like this.

Substantive due process and the compelling interest standard are here to stay. Even a conservative court is unlikely to overturn either of these doctrines; both Alito and Roberts have explicitly affirmed their support for these concepts.

Roe is certainly in some danger of being overturned, although a sudden frontal assault on that decision is unlikely to succeed any time soon. Alito probably opposes Roe, but I am not at all sure about Roberts.

So Roberts just happens to have a wife who is an anti-abortion activist? Roberts is clearly anti-Roe, but he's not quite as batsh**t crazing as lying Alito.