Six Supreme Court Justices are Catholic

[Chrish1975]

If abortion comes up for a vote and a Catholic member votes to allow abortion will they be automatically excommunicated? Should they excuse themselves from any abortion case since they are commanded by Rome to vote against an allowance for abortion? Just curious…

 

[PJM]

=Chrish1975;10038233]If abortion comes up for a vote and a Catholic member votes to allow abortion will they be automatically excommunicated? Should they excuse themselves from any abortion case since they are commanded by Rome to vote against an allowance for abortion? Just curious…

Excommunication applies to those who either Have or DIRECTLY assist in procureing one.

While a GRAVELY sinful act [Mortal sin], these judges facitilate but not DIRECTLY. It’s duplicious and a gravely evil act!

Is it any wonder God has backed away from America?

 

[1ke]

If abortion comes up for a vote and a Catholic member votes to allow abortion will they be automatically excommunicated? Should they excuse themselves from any abortion case since they are commanded by Rome to vote against an allowance for abortion? Just curious…

Supreme court members do not vote on abortion or any other matter in the course of their judicial duties.

Congress votes on laws.

However, to answer your question regarding excommunication-- excommunication applies to those who procure an abortion.

 

[Garyjohn2]

The judges would vote to see if allowing abortion is strictly permitted by or contradicted by the US Constitution. They would NOT be deciding if it is moral or if it should be made a law.
Right now, if I understand it correctly, there is no law that permits or forbids abortion. If a law was passed, the Supreme Court could make a judgement on it.

 

[_Abyssinia]

Supreme court members do not vote on abortion or any other matter in the course of their judicial duties.

Congress votes on laws.

However, to answer your question regarding excommunication-- excommunication applies to those who procure an abortion.

If Roe v Wade came up for a vote the Justices could vote on the legality of abortion

 

[BlueEyedLady]

If Roe v Wade came up for a vote the Justices could vote on the legality of abortion

Not exactly. They could vote to overturn Roe v. Wade which would send the issue back to the states.

Even Scalia, the second most conservative SCOTUS justice has said that he would never vote to ban abortion nationwide because the constitution doesn’t say that the federal government has the right to do that. He thinks that it should be handled at the state level.

 

[1ke]

If Roe v Wade came up for a vote the Justices could vote on the legality of abortion

Supreme court justices do not vote. The issue opinions on cases as to the constitutionality or unconstitutionality of the law in the case at hand. Rulings can be complex, in that they do not alway simply overturn or not overturn a law. They can, instead, rule that the original court or appelate court made a mistake and can send the matter back to the lower courts.

Opinions are either in the majority or minority, since there are an unequal number of justices. The majority opinion carries the decision.

Also, the justices render decisions vis-a-vis the constitutionality, not legality, of something. If Roe v Wade were overturned today, then legality of abortion would be a state matter just as it was prior to 1973. Abortion was already legal in several states before the Roe v Wade decision.

A constitutional ammendment on the sanctity of life is needed to outlaw abortion in this nation.

 

[chevalier]

It’s different with broader rights or constitutional values than it is with things like whether a particular instance of discrimination violates equality or not.

For example, the European Court of Human Rights came up with the idea that abortion was covered under the head of the right of privacy. A non-abortion example could be the evaluation by courts of various standards of fair trial or due process. It’s similar with any judicial decision where the court doesn’t get specific norms but operates on such broad heads. It may seem that the judge only goes on analysis but from another perspective it involves a lot of the law-making. There’s a lot of, ‘what should the law be?’ in such cases, as opposed to, ‘what is the law actually?’ Whenever comparing the weight of competing heads or competing reasons, the judge’s justice plays a great role.

 

[John_Paul_Jones]

Excommunication applies to those who either Have or DIRECTLY assist in procureing one.

While a GRAVELY sinful act [Mortal sin], these judges facitilate but not DIRECTLY. It’s duplicious and a gravely evil act!

Nope, they are directly responsible for the fact they help facitilate the millions of abortions by their ruling.

Is it any wonder God has backed away from America?

God doesn’t back away from people, people back away from God.