Federalism & Roe vs. Wade via Meirs, Maher, and Coulter

Despite my previous post and the title of this one, I am not insinuating another orgy behind tumbleweeds.

I was watching a random episode of Bill Maher's HBO show that had Ann Coulter discussing Harriet Meirs Supreme Court appointment.

Now given the fact that both Ann and Bill went to that little school in Ithaca, NY, I'm not surprised that they made an interesting point. Go Big Red! Screw BU- Harvard too!

The point was that Roe vs. Wade is a decision that should be and should have been handled at the state level.

It is a point that has been made many times before, but what occurred to me is how many decisions are based upon the premise the "bewildered herd" (to steal terminology from uber-lefty Noam Chomsky) can't decide what is right and wrong for itself.

For example, I wonder how long it would have taken for the problems of segregation in Education to go away without the direct order of the Supreme Court. Would it have led to a smoother albeit delayed transition, or would we have had even worse race riots and chaos throughout the sixties, the seventies, and even into the eighties.

Similarly with gay marriage, it appears that the next generation doesn't see sexual preference as such a big deal. So, why don't the lefties cool their heels for a little bit until the majority is soundly on their side?

It is also ironic that many of the same people who would love to live in a Chomsky-esque lefty utopia have used the courts to shove their will down the public's throat.

Is it simply because they, the morally superior liberal intellectuals, foolishly believe the "bewildered herd" will never come to the same conclusion if given enough time?