Rand Paul On Abortion And LGBT Rights.

[babylonsister]

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/tapped_archive?month=05&year=2010&base_name=paul_on_abortion

Paul On Abortion And LGBT Rights.

A quick addendum to my post on Rand Paul and civil liberties. Not only is Paul perfectly fine with government prohibiting marriage between gays and lesbians, it bears mentioning that Paul's anger towards the government for "betraying the medical privacy of ordinary citizens" doesn't extend to women, whom he believes should be forced to carry unwanted pregnancies to term if state legislators deem it so. He also wants to offer legislation "restricting federal courts from hearing cases like Roe v. Wade."

Yeah, that sounds constitutional.

-- A. Serwer

[blondeatlast]

1. Some libertarian, huh? Cue the aPaulogists ("He didn't mean it (THAT way...") nt

[Ed Barrow]

5. He's not a libertarian. He's just an opportunist.

He's pandering to the right-wing fad o' the day. Be libertarian in word but authoritarian in deed. That's basically what the tea party is. He's just chasing that fad.

[arthritisR_US]

9. I concur withyour assessment! n/t

[Unvanguard]

2. It's perfectly constitutional. It's just also an absolutely terrible idea. n/t

[Warpy]

4. Not without an amendment

That's the only way to overrule a SC decision.

[Unvanguard]

6. To OVERRULE, yes, but Congress can restrict the Court's jurisdiction beforehand.

See the first comment on the article linked to in the OP.

[gratuitous]

3. Legislation to restrict courts from hearing cases?

So what, this would be the “Rand Paul The Courts Might Not Rule The Way I Would Like Them To Rule, So No Suit For You” Act? I also like how he'd fob the responsibility for ensuring citizen rights off onto state legislatures. So you could be perfectly safe and protected as a gay person in one state, but be at risk of life, liberty or property in another, thanks to some reactionary legislature? I wonder why Mr. Paul doesn't think all citizens should have all their rights everywhere? We can disagree whether the Constitution is a living document, but it surely isn't a piece of swiss cheese.

[TexasObserver]

7. Turns out he's NOT a libertarian, just another asshole Republican.

[elfin]

8. Nutso like his Dad

But not without a certain appeal - certitude plus dimples might go a longer way than we would like.