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July 13, 2005
Justice Judd?
It came as no surprise here that U.S. Sen. Judd Gregg won mention the other day as a possible Supreme Court nominee. He has been loyal to President Bush from the beginning. He is a lawyer. He is capable and experienced. He is conservative.
How conservative?
Well, when the words Judd Gregg and Supreme Court appeared in the same news headlines, longtime New Hampshire political observers surely flashed back to 1989, Gregg's first year as governor.
At that time, the state’s 1848 abortion statutes were in effect. If Roe vs. Wade were ever overturned, the state would revert to these archaic laws, which made abortion a crime. To fix this potential problem, the staunchly Republican Legislature passed a bill striking the 1848 statutes from the books.
Gregg had said nothing about this issue during the campaign. When the bill came to his desk, he vetoed it. He gave little in the way of explanation.
Moderate Republicans reacted to this bolt from the blue with surprise and disappointment. They had thought Gregg was one of them. It took eight years and the election of Democratic governor Jeanne Shaheen to get the laws off the books.
There is no gleaning from this morsel of state history how Gregg might vote on abortion cases if he were a member of the Supreme Court, but it’s a good guess he wouldn’t be a home run for pro-choicers.
Of course, the chances we’ll ever find out how Justice Gregg might rule on Roe are slim and none. Not that he isn’t qualified and not that he isn’t a Bush favorite, but he’s already got a big job chairing the Senate Budget Committee. And if Gregg did rise to the court, New Hampshire has a Democratic governor who would just love to appoint Gregg’s successor to the Senate. Neither Bush not Gregg will let that happen.
It was Harry Reid, the Senate minority leader, who suggested Gregg as a possible Supreme Court justice. As much as Reid might yearn for another Democrat in his Senate minority, he ought to be careful what he wishes for.
Posted by Mike Pride at July 13, 2005 06:16 PM
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Comments
Harry Reid is anti-choice so Gregg's position on abortion probably wouldn't bother him.
On Gregg's veto, I recall he referenced God in his veto message.
What makes Gregg qualified to serve on the United States Supreme Court? A law degree? He's been a career politician. Only practiced law for 2-3 years.
Posted by: Bob at July 13, 2005 11:47 PM
Mike: Judd Gregg would be the long ball that John Sununu whiffed.
What are the odds that two nearly contiguous southern New Hampshire towns (Greenfield, population 1,700) and Weare (7,800) would produce two sitting Supreme Court justices?
Good blog.
Posted by: John Fensterwald at July 14, 2005 02:16 AM
There is no way that Gregg should be on the supreme Court. He is way too far in the right wing circuit. Once something has been decided to be Constitutional, such as abortion, it should never be overturned again. The Court certainly can not say that they made a mistake when they legalized abortion. Just because he is from New Hampshire does not qualify him. Just look at Souter and his misguided opinion on the eminent domain issue. We don't need another one like him.
Posted by: Bill Kaiser at July 14, 2005 01:04 PM
"Once something has been decided to be Constitutional it should never be overturned again"
Apparently Mr Kaiser believes Plessy v. Ferguson should still stand, not to have been overthrown by Brown v. Board of Education.
Posted by: todd at July 14, 2005 09:45 PM
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Once something has been decided to be Constitutional
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Interesting you should say that.... Because it doesn't stop the yahoo's out there from trying to rewrite and reread (read "ban" by some of them) the 2nd ammendment.
And NEVER make the mistake that the court has the final say. Remember, it was that great supreme court you're referring to that upheld slavery, and it took congress against the supreme court's will to revoke it.
Posted by: Carter at July 15, 2005 09:30 AM
Mike, I guess John has been away too long. He never writes, he never calls and he sure never reads the local seacoast papers. The Gregg's have been living on the seacoast for years. Since about the time the Ledger started down hill! (a little humor)
Posted by: dave carney at July 27, 2005 01:53 PM
You can't be 48123 serious?!?
Posted by: Max Ballstein at June 17, 2006 08:10 AM