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Originally Posted by Mike F
I'm not sure if you're just using this as shorthand, but. . . .
The US Supreme Court will never overturn Roe v. Wade -- even if some argue it was wrongly decided, it has been upheld in enough appeals and has been applied in enough cases that it's pretty much settled law. However, since the Casey decision, it has been legal for states to put restrictions on access to abortion, such as wait times, parental consent requirements, mandatory counseling requirements, etc.
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You clearly know a good deal more about this than I do. But I wonder--was I wrong to be concerned, for instance, when Samuel Alito and John Roberts were more than willing to comment on the merits of, say, Brown v. Board of Education, on the basis of "that's settled law"--and then refused to answer questions abour Roe v. Wade or Casey because these are "issues that might come before the court"? I found that worrisome--but I'm not a lawyer, so I don't really know how worrisome that should be.