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Course: US government and civics?>?Unit 2
Lesson 9: Legitimacy of the judicial branchLegitimacy of the judicial branch
Problem
Read the passage below and answer the following question.
Chris Wallace: “Mr. Trump, you're pro-life. But I want to ask you specifically: Do you want the court, including the justices that you will name, to overturn Roe v. Wade, which includes -- in fact, states -- a woman's right to abortion?”
Donald Trump: “Well, if that would happen, because I am pro-life, and I will be appointing pro-life judges, I would think that that will go back to the individual states.
Trump: “Well, if we put another two or perhaps three justices on, that's really what's going to be -- that will happen. And that'll happen automatically, in my opinion, because I am putting pro-life justices on the court. I will say this: It will go back to the states, and the states will then make a determination.”
-Presidential candidate Donald Trump, Final Presidential Debate, 2016
Which of the following statements is most consistent with President Trump’s argument in this passage?