Tag: Brett Kavanaugh

Kavanaugh Questions If Roe Is ‘Settled Law Of The Land’

What are Republicans hiding? Here’s a clue…

“As a White House lawyer in the Bush administration, Judge Brett Kavanaugh challenged the accuracy of deeming the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision to be ‘settled law of the land,’ according to a secret email obtained by The New York Times.”

New York Times: Leaked Documents From Kavanaugh’s Time in White House Discuss Abortion and Affirmative Action

By Charlie Savage

As a White House lawyer in the Bush administration, Judge Brett Kavanaugh challenged the accuracy of deeming the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade abortion rights decision to be “settled law of the land,” according to a secret email obtained by The New York Times.

The email, written in March 2003, is one of thousands of documents that a lawyer for President George W. Bush turned over to the Senate Judiciary Committee about the Supreme Court nominee but deemed “committee confidential,” meaning it could not be made public or discussed by Democrats in questioning him in hearings this week. It was among several an unknown person provided to The New York Times late Wednesday.

Judge Kavanaugh was considering a draft opinion piece that supporters of one of Mr. Bush’s conservative appeals court nominees hoped they could persuade anti-abortion women to submit under their names. It stated that “it is widely accepted by legal scholars across the board that Roe v. Wade and its progeny are the settled law of the land.” Continue reading “Kavanaugh Questions If Roe Is ‘Settled Law Of The Land’”

Trump suggests that protesting should be illegal

The following article by Felicia Sonmez was posted on the Washington Post website September 5, 2018:

President Trump has long derided the mainstream media as the “enemy of the people” and lashed out at NFL players for kneeling during the national anthem. On Tuesday, he took his attacks on free speech one step further, suggesting in an interview with a conservative news site that the act of protesting should be illegal.

Trump made the remarks in an Oval Office interview with the Daily Caller hours after his Supreme Court nominee, Brett M. Kavanaugh, was greeted by protests on the first day of his confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill.

“I don’t know why they don’t take care of a situation like that,” Trump said. “I think it’s embarrassing for the country to allow protesters. You don’t even know what side the protesters are on.”

View the complete article here.

Brett Kavanaugh refused to shake the hand of a gun violence victim’s father

The following article by Brianna Provenzano was posted on the Mic.com website September 4, 2018:

As Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearing prepared to recess for lunch on Tuesday afternoon, Fred Guttenberg approached the embattled judge, hand outstretched, and introduced himself as the father of one of the teenaged victims of the February mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Kavanaugh declined to shake.

In video footage captured during Tuesday’s Senate proceedings, Guttenberg can be heard introducing himself to Kavanaugh. “My daughter was murdered in Parkland…” he says as the Supreme Court nominee swiftly turns on his heel. Continue reading “Brett Kavanaugh refused to shake the hand of a gun violence victim’s father”

Want to Know More About: The Kavanaugh Hearing (Part 2)

Terry Moran: “The Odds Are Long Against Democrats Today, They Tried To Fire Up Their Base, Grab The Public’s Attention So That In The Coming Days When They Go At Him Hammer And Tongs, They Can Show In Their View He’s Not Fit For The Court.” DAVID MUIR: “Terry, bottom line here, do Democrats have the power to stop this nomination for a judge that would really shift the court for a generation?” TERRY MORAN: “The odds are long against democrats today, they tried to fire up their base, grab the public’s attention so that in the coming days when they go at him hammer and tongs, they can show in their view he’s not fit for the court.” [World News Tonight, ABC, 9/4/18; VIDEO]

Jan Crawford: “The Battle Lines Were Drawn Early. The Democrats Said They Didn’t Even Have Enough Information To Have A Hearing.”  JAN CRAWFORD: “Yesterday, the battle lines were drawn early. The Democrats said they didn’t even have enough information to have a hearing. The Republicans said that is ridiculous. You’ve got half a million pages of documents on  Brett Kavanaugh. More than any other nominee. Right away you could see those divisions, and the main theme came clear.” [CBS This Morning, CBS, 9/5/18; Video] Continue reading “Want to Know More About: The Kavanaugh Hearing (Part 2)”

Want to Know More About: The Kavanaugh Document Dump

Alisyn Camerota: “The George W. Bush Administration Turned Over 42,000 Pages Of Documents From Kavanaugh’s Time In The Bush White House But Democrats Are Angry About This Timing Because They Say That Doesn’t Give Them Enough Time To Read All Of Those Pages Before The Hearings.” ALISYN CAMEROTA: “While that drama is playing out, confirmation hearings begin in a few hours for president Trump’s supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Overnight, the George W. Bush administration turned over 42,000 pages of documents from Kavanaugh’s time in the Bush White House but Democrats are angry about this timing because they say that doesn’t give them enough time to read all of those pages before the hearings.” [New Day, CNN, 9/4/18; Video]

Sunlen Serfaty: “The Fight Over Kavanaugh’s Records Intensifying After The Trump White House Decided To Withhold More Than 100,000 Pages Of Documents.” SUNLEN SERFATY: “The fight over Kavanaugh’s records intensifying after the Trump White House decided to withhold more than 100,000 pages of documents over the weekend. citing constitutional privilege.” [New Day, CNN. 9/4/18; Video] Continue reading “Want to Know More About: The Kavanaugh Document Dump”

Americans Speak Out in Demonstrations Across The Country

Americans everywhere are organizing and mobilizing to protest the historically unpopular nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. Here’s just a glimpse of those working across the country to fight his confirmation to the Supreme Court:

Americans gathered in the Hart Senate Office Building, organized by Move On, NARAL, Planned Parenthood Action, EMILY’s List, NWLC, The Leadership Conference, Human Rights Campaign, the Center For American Progress, AFL-CIO, and SEIU, along with so many other incredible partner organizations, where they held a daylight vigil.

Continue reading “Americans Speak Out in Demonstrations Across The Country”

Want to Know More About: The Kavanaugh Hearing

Jeffery Toobin: “You Know What, Donald Trump Was Right, Roe V. Wade Is Going To Be Overturned If Brett Kavanaugh Is Appointed.” JEFFERY TOOBIN: “But let’s remember how Brett Kavanaugh was picked and by whom. You know, Donald Trump said if I have two appointments to the supreme court, Roe V. Wade is going to be overturned. And You know what, Donald Trump was right, Roe V. Wade is going to be overturned if Brett Kavanaugh is appointed.” [New Day, CNN, 9/4/18; Video]

Jan Crawford: “Democrats Who Are Arguing, Among Other Things, That Kavanaugh On The Bench Means The Future Of Abortion Rights Is At Stake.” JAN CRAWFORD: “So, today you’re going it see lawmakers on both sides of the aisle try to frame the debate over Kavanaugh. Republicans say they want to have him confirmed to the bench by the time the supreme court returns that first Monday in October, so they’re going to have to kind of maintain a united front to fend off Democrats who are arguing, among other things, that Kavanaugh on the bench means the future of abortion rights is at stake.” [CBS This Morning, CBS, 9/4/18; Video] Continue reading “Want to Know More About: The Kavanaugh Hearing”

NEW POLL: 75% Of Americans Support Pre-Existing Condition Protections That Trump & Kavanaugh Would Dismantle

A new poll found that 75 percent of Americans, and 58 percent of Republicans, want to keep ACA protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Despite that, Trump filed a lawsuit to destroy these protections. Oral arguments in this lawsuit begin today, and it could be contested all the way to the Supreme Court. Which brings us to Trump’s Supreme Court nominee…

We know Kavanaugh would rule to dismantle the ACA, because Trump himself promised that his Supreme Court nominees would do that.

“If I win the presidency, my judicial appointments will do the right thing unlike Bush’s appointee John Roberts on ObamaCare.” – Trump, 2015

Kavanaugh previously wrote that a future president could refuse to enforce the ACA, even if it had been upheld by the courts.

New Yorker: “Late last year, a three-judge panel of the D.C. Circuit voted, two to one, to uphold President Obama’s health-care reform, known as the Affordable Care Act (aca). Kavanaugh dissented, primarily on the ground that the lawsuit was premature. In a sixty-five-page opinion, Kavanaugh appeared to offer some advice to the Republicans who are challenging Obama in the election this year. ‘Under the Constitution,’ Kavanaugh wrote, ‘the President may decline to enforce a statute that regulates private individuals when the President deems the statute unconstitutional, even if a court has held or would hold the statute constitutional.’”

NOTE:  Rep. Paulsen has voted multiple times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which protects people from skyrocketing insurance premiums or no insurance at all due to pre-existing conditions.

What’s at Stake with the Kavanaugh Hearing

There’s too much at stake to allow Brett Kavanaugh to be confirmed to the highest court in the land.

Thankfully, Senate Democrats are fighting for Americans by challenging Republicans’ historically-secretive hearing to confirm Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Senate Democrats are proud to have interrupted Sen. Grassley’s charade of a confirmation process this morning.  Kavanaugh is being considered for a lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land, and the American people deserve access to all his records.

What are Senate Republicans hiding about Brett Kavanaugh? Continue reading “What’s at Stake with the Kavanaugh Hearing”

New Poll: Kavanaugh Among Least Popular Nominees In Decades

Ahead of Kavanaugh’s hearing today, a new poll shows that the American people oppose his nomination.

  • Kavanaugh’s approval remains underwater and “among the lowest support levels for a high court nominee in polling back to 1987.”

 

  • Only 38% of Americans say Kavanaugh should be confirmed.