QUOTE (ft.niagara @ Jul 6 2004, 12:43 AM)
He has said that he would use a litmus test for any future Supreme Court justice: PROABORTION, yet he NOW personally finds abortion wrong. How can he do both?
You are incorrect.
He recently has said that abortion will NOT be a litmus test for judges under his administration.
Source Associated Press:
Kerry Now Says He Could Appoint Pro-Life Justice To Supreme Court, Citing His Vote For Justice Scalia. "Kerry said he has voted in favor of 'any number of judges who are pro-life or pro-something else that I may not agree with,' some of whom were nominated by Republican presidents. 'But I'm going to make sure we uphold what I believe are Constitutional rights and I'm not going to pick somebody who's going to undermine those rights. Do they have to agree with me on everything? No,' Kerry said. Asked if they must agree with his abortion-rights views, he quickly added, 'I will not appoint somebody with a 5-4 Court who's about to undue Roe v. Wade. I've said that before.' 'But that doesn't mean that if that's not the balance of the court I wouldn't be prepared ultimately to appoint somebody to some court who has a different point of view. I've already voted for people like that. I voted for Judge Scalia.''' (Ron Fournier, "Kerry Open To OK Anti-Abortion Judges," The Associated Press, 5/19/04)