The latest attack on SCOTUS nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh is that he said last year that Roe v. Wade was part of “a freewheeling judicial creation of unenumerated rights”:
NEW: Kavanaugh said last year Roe v. Wade was part of a “freewheeling judicial creation of unenumerated rights.” https://t.co/kSCFtysbol
— Justin Miller (@justinjm1) July 12, 2018
Which ……… just happens to be 100% true:
That abortion is not an “enumerated right” is literally true, and shouldn’t be a controversial statement even in the eyes of those who think Roe v Wade was correctly decided. The majority of the plurality in Casey acknowledged as much in their opinions. https://t.co/oNYI8Wda96
— Charles C. W. Cooke (@charlescwcooke) July 12, 2018
And “honest pro-choice people” should agree with this as “Justices O’Connor, Kennedy, and Souter expressly described how it wasn’t while reaffirming the holding of Roe v. Wade in Casey”:
I'd expect honest pro-choice people would have a hard time claiming abortion is an enumerated right, since even Justices O'Connor, Kennedy, and Souter expressly described how it wasn't while reaffirming the holding in Roe v. Wade in Casey. https://t.co/GGR7Cj415a
— Friendly Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) July 12, 2018
LOL. Did you say “honest”? Here’s the HuffPost’s Sam Stein:
And yet, in a few weeks, Kavanaugh and other Roe opponents on the Hill will insist that he can't possibly answer questions or take positions he already clearly has taken. https://t.co/W63E5IjR0L
— Sam Stein (@samstein) July 12, 2018
And here’s fromer Hillary staffer Zac Petkanas:
Back Alley Brett Kavanaugh has a very long paper trail regarding his views against Roe v Wade. https://t.co/iG2HG0JOxe
— Zac Petkanas (@Zac_Petkanas) July 12, 2018
Topher Spiro of the Center for the American Progress asks “How will Susan Collins spin this?” Well, maybe she’ll quote SCOTUS on it?
https://twitter.com/TopherSpiro/status/1017405519550558211
And Boston Globe political reporter Liz Goodwin calls this “pretty explicit.” We doubt she means pretty explicit as in it’s totally true:
Oh wow, this is pretty explicit: “freewheeling judicial creation of unenumerated rights that were not rooted in the nation’s history and tradition” https://t.co/vxyFjWY388
— Liz Goodwin (@lizcgoodwin) July 12, 2018
Sigh. “This is not a fringe opinion”:
Plenty of legal scholars on both sides agree. This is not a fringe opinion. https://t.co/6zgU3T4dJ9
— Jeff Dufour (@dcdufour) July 12, 2018
No, it isn’t.
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