Supreme Court Pick Brett Kavanaugh Caught Obfuscating His Stance on Roe v. Wade
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Brett Kavanaugh’s pants are on fire.
On Wednesday, in the Supreme Court hearing for the potential Supreme Court Justice, he told Susan Collins, senator of Maine, that Roe v. Wade is “an important precedent of the Supreme Court,” per ThinkProgress. It’s not the best answer, but, hey, it could be worse, right?
Well, it’s worse. On Thursday, one of Kavanaugh’s emails leaked, in which he basically says that the landmark ruling is precedent—and that precedent could easily be changed, writing, “can always overrule its precedent, and three current Justices on the court would do so.” Although the email is from 2003, his answer to Collins suggests that his opinion hasn’t changed.