Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) asks Chief Justice Nominee John Roberts if Roe v. Wade is a super-precedent
Senator Specter asks Judge John Roberts if the he thinks that Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion should be looked at as a super precedent case under stare decisis since the Supreme Court has taken up the case thirty eight times since the case was decided and has not yet been overruled. (1:22)
September 15, 2005
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