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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
https://www.oyez.org/justices/byron_r_white
Not to sound like Les over here, but you do not know a Supreme Court Justice's heart until they are there. Whizzer White was appointed by Kennedy. He didn't turn out hard core conservative, but did write to support anti-homosexual laws and dissented on Roe and Miranda. That was not what JFK envisioned, I'm sure.
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I'm not sure. He seems to have arranged for at least one abortion, but that could have been situational. He was Roman Catholic, but certainly not dogmatic. Abortion wasn't an issue until the early 70's, so he never spoke to it. People want to attribute things to him that are not always accurate. For example, few remember he voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which provided federal oversight to ensure that African Americans had the opportunity to vote free from intimidation or coercion. (It passed despite his opposition.)
