As we reported Friday, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent out a statement promising to do all he can to protect the reproductive freedom of U.S. troops. Not to be overlooked, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the Justice Department would use every tool at its disposal to protect reproductive freedom.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Garland: Justice Department to 'use every tool at our disposal to protect reproductive freedom' after high court ruling.
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) June 24, 2022
*There are no tools available
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 24, 2022
Way too many members of the Biden administration are weighing in on the Dobbs ruling.
Pretty sure the role of the DOJ is to uphold the law and accept the rulings of the SCOTUS.
— OdeToGOP (@Ode2Gop) June 24, 2022
Does the Justice Department not fall under the decisions of the Supreme Court?
— Alan Powell (@Msgtpowell) June 24, 2022
Is Garland putting himself above the Supreme Court?
— Craig Zimmerman (@craigzimmerman6) June 24, 2022
Garland, of all people should know that he has no power on this one. It is up to the individual states. Period.
— Starliteinvoker (@starliteinvoker) June 24, 2022
There is no such thing
— STANG: EVIL INDUSTRIALIST (@hydromerchant) June 24, 2022
He's back?
— Anonymous, MD (@HandsomeJack71) June 24, 2022
Garland wanted to be a Supreme Court Justice so this is his revenge.
— CrazyNation😊🙁🤡 (@CrazyNation4) June 24, 2022
Yeah, he’s a real moderate.
— michelle dufay (@mdufay) June 24, 2022
This is the role of our DOJ? They can’t uphold current laws like federal immigration laws or laws protecting Supreme Court justices, so they’re getting out of legal issues altogether now?
— John Strom (@JohnStrom64) June 24, 2022
Not to protect the justices being threatened. Amazing.
— Chazzen (@ChazzenHD) June 24, 2022
If this was Trump’s Justice Dept, there would be mass hysteria and the media would be talking about it non-stop for months, years even.
— Christian McCuen (@cmccuen) June 24, 2022
We can’t even imagine.
If a Republican AG did this Democrats and some in the media would refer to this as “insurrection.”
— Chris Pritt (@pritt4thepeople) June 24, 2022
Does that sound subversive ?
— MyAngle 1776 🇺🇸 (@MyAngle10751825) June 24, 2022
Seditious
— Gun Shot Wound, Tactical Accountant (@GSWIndiana) June 24, 2022
Sounds very insurrection-y.
— Goldens Rule (@jamesbranch3) June 24, 2022
It does, doesn’t it? Now Garland has three things on his plate: parents of schoolchildren, January 6 trespassers, and pro-lifers.
Related:
Biden’s Justice Department issues a statement respectfully disagreeing with the Supreme Court’s decision https://t.co/Ym2KCvFsxZ
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 23, 2022