Brett Kavanaugh claims to respect precedent (stare decisis) but his opinions suggest otherwise. In 2017, he ruled that a pregnant teen in a Trump immigration concentration camp should not be allowed to have an abortion, in clear and direct violation of Roe v Wade (410 U.S. 113 (1973)) and Planned Parenthood v Casey (505 U.S. 833 (1992)).
While he was overruled by the rest of the judges on the D.C. Court of Appeals (where, ironically, Merrick Garland is the chief judge of the district court), it is clear that, regardless of whatever lip service bloviates from his lips, this doctrinaire ideologue will not honor precedent.
More importantly is that, in his two confirmation hearings for his current position (in 2004 and 2006) when he was appointed by Bush in whose administration he had served, he stated that he had no knowledge of torture or “harsh interrogation” techniques. Later documents proved that he did have extensive involvement in that.
Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) were outraged when the lie to their committee was revealed and referred it to the Justice Department (in the Bush administration, to Bush’s Attorney General Alberto Gonzales), still controlled by Bush, which (surprise, surprise) did nothing.
Leahy and Durbin are both still on the Judicial Committee and may have some interesting questions for Kavanaugh.
Brett Kavanaugh claims to respect precedent (stare decisis) but his opinions suggest otherwise. In 2017, he ruled that a pregnant teen in a Trump immigration concentration camp should not be allowed to have an abortion, in clear and direct violation of Roe v Wade (410 U.S. 113 (1973)) and Planned Parenthood v Casey (505 U.S. 833 (1992)).
While he was overruled by the rest of the judges on the D.C. Court of Appeals (where, ironically, Merrick Garland is the chief judge of the district court), it is clear that, regardless of whatever lip service bloviates from his lips, this doctrinaire ideologue will not honor precedent.
More importantly is that, in his two confirmation hearings for his current position (in 2004 and 2006) when he was appointed by Bush in whose administration he had served, he stated that he had no knowledge of torture or “harsh interrogation” techniques. Later documents proved that he did have extensive involvement in that.
Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Dick Durbin (D-Illinois) were outraged when the lie to their committee was revealed and referred it to the Justice Department (in the Bush administration, to Bush’s Attorney General Alberto Gonzales), still controlled by Bush, which (surprise, surprise) did nothing.
Leahy and Durbin are both still on the Judicial Committee and may have some interesting questions for Kavanaugh.