why did Roe happen when it did

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when you hear right wingers bitch about Roe - you almost assume it was something that occurred under the Warren Court. But I find it interesting that it happened after Nixon had named four members and had made the court less liberal. Douglas, Marshall and Brennan were really the only three liberals on the court by that point.

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Also important to note that Nixon had two failed nominations of more conservative judges.

I'm actually surprised Haynsworth got shot down. He probably would have ended up like Lewis Powell. Carswell was an utter troglodyte though.

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A succession of Republican presidents have appointed justices to the Court in the hope & expectation that they would vote to overrule Roe. Thus far, they've been disappointed, as justices like John Paul Stevens (Ford), Sandra Day O'Connor (Reagan), Anthony Kennedy (Reagan), & David Souter (H.W. Bush) have risen above partisan ideology to preserve the fundamental right of women to control their own lives & destinies, i.e. the right recognized by the Supreme Court 46 years ago.

Interestingly enough, I read somewhere that Stevens in an interview mentioned that in his confirmation hearings - no one asked him about his opinion on Roe, which had only been decided three years earlier.

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another insignificant question is how come the decision didn't come out in June of 1973. Isn't that usually when the big ticket decisions come down. I'm sure the pro-lifers would enjoy marching in June rather than January.