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Still Standing: Annals of Law
Jeffrey Toobin
The New Yorker, November 28, v81, # 37, pp70-
Few Supreme Court decisions have generated as much discussion as
the Roe vs. Wade decision. The author describes some of the criticism
that has been leveled against the decision over the past three decades.
He focuses on the current interest in the case as the Judiciary
Committee prepares to begin hearings on the nomination of Samuel
A. Alito, Jr to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, who has played a central
role in determining the abortion jurisprudence of the Court. Alito's
record in abortion cases as an appeals-court judge is controversial.
In a 1985 application for a promotion in President Reagan's Justice
Department, Alito wrote that he was "particularly proud"
to have participated in writing a brief to the Supreme Court arguing
that "the Constitution does not protect a right to an abortion.
Jeffrey Toobin is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the legal
analyst at ABC News.
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