High court rulings and truth

How many of us ever wonder--what standing does the Supreme Court have in regard to truth? If a right-wing president is appointing the justices, we have one view of "absolute" law. If a moderate, another. If a liberal, yet another. How then can we citizens say with any deep confidence that its decisions are the final word--on anything?

Just reading someone's blog post about the Supreme Court's recent decision on partial-birth abortion. The very outspoken writer's rant generated quite a few comments--as expected, some were reasoned responses, some were rants, full of accusations, half-truths, and inflammatory terminology. But I had to pass this one along:

If men could get pregnant, we wouldn't even be having this discussion--we'd probably have drive-through abortion clinics on every corner.

A flippant response with a whole lot of history behind it.