good media report
Jul. 20th, 2005 09:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
keryxAlso this morning, the Today Show [Your barometer of the Common Man! And Jude Law's personal life!] did some interesting progressive elaboration on John Roberts' history and why his nomination might be of concern.
They start from talking about how he's said in legal arguments that they (the conservatives he represented) believe Roe should never have been passed. And they're all "oooh, those wacky babykillers are gonna have a field day". To further make NARAL and NOW and others look like they're freaking out over one tiny comment they have commentators talk about how when he was last confirmed, he talked about how Roe was law and he had to uphold laws.
But. Then they come back and point out that the Supreme Court doesn't just enforce that kind of law, they make them, thus Roberts' nomination could in fact be a Very Bad Thing for reproductive freedom, and at the very least, he needs to be questioned about what he really meant when he said those two things. Between 7:30 and 8:30, it's like the show went from wholeheartedly embracing him to quivering in fear.
Which makes me think good thoughts about America, honestly.
They start from talking about how he's said in legal arguments that they (the conservatives he represented) believe Roe should never have been passed. And they're all "oooh, those wacky babykillers are gonna have a field day". To further make NARAL and NOW and others look like they're freaking out over one tiny comment they have commentators talk about how when he was last confirmed, he talked about how Roe was law and he had to uphold laws.
But. Then they come back and point out that the Supreme Court doesn't just enforce that kind of law, they make them, thus Roberts' nomination could in fact be a Very Bad Thing for reproductive freedom, and at the very least, he needs to be questioned about what he really meant when he said those two things. Between 7:30 and 8:30, it's like the show went from wholeheartedly embracing him to quivering in fear.
Which makes me think good thoughts about America, honestly.
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Date: 2005-07-20 08:47 pm (UTC)