The newly-appointed Judge William Pryor:
Federal appeals Judge William H. Pryor Jr., whose fierce opposition to abortion prompted a two-year fight over his Senate confirmation, said Wednesday that “it’d certainly be wrong for a Catholic lawyer or judge to do something to advance a grave evil like abortion.”
Pryor, who two weeks ago won a narrow Senate confirmation to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, was answering a question about how Catholic lawyers should approach Roe v. Wade. He had just delivered an address to the St. Thomas More Society, a Catholic lawyers group that invited him to speak for its luncheon meeting at the offices of Smith, Gambrell & Russell.
Pryor emphasized that as an appeals court judge he would uphold abortion laws. “The law does not empower you to stop someone else from doing evil,” he said. Upholding a law “does not make you a formal cooperator with the evil act.”
Hmm. Now, if a judge’s religious and ideological positions have no influence on how they render decisions, why do the wingnuts fight so hard to get extremists appointed to the bench?
Because they’re interested in what he or she does, not what he or she says?
Just a guess.