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May 5, 2022 · A fact-check shows that the three justices nominated by former President Donald Trump — Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett — did say in confirmation hearings that Roe is an...
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Gorsuch’s Senate confirmation hearing was held in March 2017 — early in Trump’s presidency, after Senate Republicans had refused to hold hearings on Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s nominee to fill the seat of Justice Antonin Scalia, who diedin February 2016. Gorsuch said that the Roe decision was “precedent,” but declined to call it “supe...
At the time of hisconfirmation hearingsin early September 2018, Kavanaugh, who replaced a retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy,was seenby abortion rights advocates as the potential deciding vote in a future case to overturn Roe v. Wade. During questioning, Kavanaugh avoided answering whether Roe v. Wade was correctly decided, or how he might rule in a ...
The third and final of Trump’s Supreme Court nominees, Amy Coney Barrett, was upfront about her history of supporting the Catholic Church’s teaching on “the sacredness of life from conception to natural death.” And she was noncommittal during Senate confirmation hearings in October 2020 about whether she might overturn Roe v. Wade. Barrett most dir...
Jun 26, 2022 · After conservatives consolidated their supermajority on the Supreme Court with Neil M. Gorsuch, Brett M. Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, many legal experts thought it all but certain that Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark decision protecting a person’s right to an abortion, was doomed to fall.
Sep 7, 2018 · The Supreme Court confirmation hearing for Brett Kavanaugh came to a close Friday, after four straight days of legal debate, protests, and stories about the federal judge’s career and personal...
Oct 10, 2018 · Senior Fellow E.J. Dionne analyzes the speedy confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, the controversy that shrouds it, and the likely impact for years to come.
Oct 9, 2024 · Kavanaugh was confirmed on October 6, in 2018, after he was accused of sexual misconduct while in high school and college—claims he has "categorically and unequivocally" denied.
Oct 6, 2018 · His confirmation hands Mr Trump a political victory ahead of key mid-term elections in November. Before the vote, hundreds of people protested against Mr Kavanaugh's...
