We have a SCOTUS full of perjurers today, I will be tactful and not mention Thomas and Kavanaugh's misdeeds. So then how did America get a court of fools. Partly it was Trump, elect a dishonest person and you get dishonest choices. But oddly Alito told the truth and they still confirmed him thinking of course that others had more compassion and dignity.
"Prescient commentary on Justice Alito's 2006 confirmation hearings, arguing that Democrats did not press Alito nearly hard enough on matters of civil rights. "If he had revealed the opinions he actually holds about what rights the Constitution protects, he might well have been defeated". That said, Alito did tell Congress that he "expressly reserved the right to vote to overrule Roe v. Wade""
"If confirmed to the D.C. Circuit, I would follow Roe v. Wade faithfully and fully. That would be binding precedent of the court. It's been decided by the Supreme Court." Brett Kavanaugh
"Prescient commentary on Justice Alito's 2006 confirmation hearings, arguing that Democrats did not press Alito nearly hard enough on matters of civil rights. "If he had revealed the opinions he actually holds about what rights the Constitution protects, he might well have been defeated". That said, Alito did tell Congress that he "expressly reserved the right to vote to overrule Roe v. Wade""
The Strange Case of Judge Alito | Ronald Dworkin
This stonewalling strategy works. Judge Samuel Alito's performance was particularly evasive, but his lack of candor made his confirmation inevitable. If
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"If confirmed to the D.C. Circuit, I would follow Roe v. Wade faithfully and fully. That would be binding precedent of the court. It's been decided by the Supreme Court." Brett Kavanaugh