[lbo-talk] Progressive Disjuncture

[Tom Walker]

What is the fine distinction between 1. not ruling out anti-abortion 
judges and 2. not advocating that anti-abortion judges be excluded? Or 
have I missed an inscrutable subtlety?

Kim Petersen wrote:

"...Kerry was the candidate that said he wouldn’t rule out anti-abortion 
judges being appointed to the courts during his presidency. This is not 
to advocate that anti-abortion judges should be excluded from higher 
courts, as this is a morally complicated subject..."