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Quotation from Roe v. Wade by Supreme Court of the United States
“As an exercise of raw judicial power, the Court perhaps has authority to do what it does today; but in my view its judgment is an improvident and extravagant exercise of the power of judicial review that the Constitution extends to this Court.”
Roe v. Wade, Dissent of Justice White (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource))
White distinguishes the Court's power to decide from the proper use of that power under the Constitution.
Citation: "As an exercise of raw judicial power, the Court perhaps has authority to do what it does today; but in my view its judgment is an improvident and extravagant exercise of the power of judicial review that the Constitution extends to this Court." — Supreme Court of the United States, Roe v. Wade, Dissent of Justice White (U.S. Reports text (Wikisource)). (id roe-v-wade-q5)
Portrait: Justice Blackmun Official, Unknown, Public domain.
