Myth- The President can overturn Roe v Wade?

Myth- The President can overturn Roe v Wade?

Matthew Jones (Political Science Instructor) gives expert video advice on: Myth- The President controls the US budget?; Myth- The President can abolish the IRS?; Myth- The President is responsible for the economy? and more...

The President has absolutely no power whatsoever to overturn Roe v Wade. That power is directly and confidently lodged within the Supreme Court of the United States. What the President can do is nominate Justices. It is his constitutional responsibility to pick people who he will nominate to be members of the Supreme Court. So what he can do is he can go to Justices and he can pick Justices who he believes are going to be people who are going to overturn Roe v Wade, or going to vote conservative, or liberal or any direction he wants. Now he can't just give them a list of questions and say "On abortion will you overturn Roe v Wade?" That's considered bad and most judges will simply not answer the question. If a case comes before the Supreme Court that would overturn Roe v Wade the President has a sole discretion whether to say that the US government supports overturning the position that's going to overturn Roe v Wade, or the US government supports the position that's against overturning Roe v Wade or the US government's neutral and they're not going to say anything. The President has that discretion.