[First, he found in the Texas anti-abortion law no violation of due process because the traditional test--rational relation to a valid state objective--was easily satisfied. As to the majority in Roe having cranked up the test--the law could be sustained only if the State could show a] compelling state interest, ... the history of the Fourteenth Amendment.  -   William Rehnquist     Quotes
[First, he found in the Texas anti-abortion law no violation of due process because the traditional test--rational relation to a valid state objective--was easily satisfied. As to the majority in Roe having cranked up the test--the law could be sustained only if the State could show a] compelling state interest, ... the history of the Fourteenth Amendment. William Rehnquist
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