Who explained the “Casey” abortion case during Judge Sotomayors hearing?”
Sotomayor hearing: Explaining the Casey abortion case So what exactly is the “Casey case” that Sen. Dianne Feinstein spoke so passionately about today at Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing? The California Democrat brought up Casey during her opening statement, when she suggested that the things Supreme Court nominees say during their confirmation hearings are not good indications of how they will judge. “I’ve found it increasingly difficult to know, from answers to questions we ask from this dais, how a nominee will actually act as a Supreme Court justice, because answers here are often indirect and increasingly couched in euphemistic phrases,” she said. For example, Feinstein said, in the past nominees had been asked questions about two landmark Supreme Court rulings on abortion, 1973’s Roe vs. Wade and 1992’s Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania vs. Casey. More at the link…
So what exactly is the “Casey case” that Sen. Dianne Feinstein spoke so passionately about today at Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing? The California Democrat brought up Casey during her opening statement, when she suggested that the things Supreme Court nominees say during their confirmation hearings are not good indications of how they will judge. “I’ve found it increasingly difficult to know, from answers to questions we ask from this dais, how a nominee will actually act as a Supreme Court justice, because answers here are often indirect and increasingly couched in euphemistic phrases,” she said. For example, Feinstein said, in the past nominees had been asked questions about two landmark Supreme Court rulings on abortion, 1973’s Roe vs. Wade and 1992’s Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania vs. Casey. “Some nominees,” she said, likely referring to John G. Roberts Jr.
So what exactly is the “Casey case” that Sen. Dianne Feinstein spoke so passionately about today at Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearing? The California Democrat brought up Casey during her opening statement, when she suggested that the things Supreme Court nominees say during their confirmation hearings are not good indications of how they will judge. “I’ve found it increasingly difficult to know, from answers to questions we ask from this dais, how a nominee will actually act as a Supreme Court justice, because answers here are often indirect and increasingly couched in euphemistic phrases,” she said. For example, Feinstein said, in the past nominees had been asked questions about two landmark Supreme Court rulings on abortion, 1973’s Roe vs. Wade and 1992’s Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania vs. Casey. “Some nominees,” she said, likely referring to John G. Roberts Jr. and Samuel Alito, had assured the Senate Judiciary Committee during their confirmation hearings that