Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh hasn’t really been answering questions directly during the Senate Committee hearings this week—and the reason he’s giving is based in a lie. He’s been saying he’s merely following Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s lead, claiming the so-called “Ginsburg rule” means he can be evasive. That is simply not true.
NPR breaks down the Republican creation of the concept, which (surprise, surprise) is based on a false premise. Justice Ginsburg was actually very straightforward about her feelings about Roe v. Wade, which are much more direct and detailed than Kavanaugh's avoidant “precedent on precedent” talking point. Check out this video from NowThis News:
Judge Kavanaugh’s non-answers are an answer in their own way. Fortunately, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is on the job to highlight where his true ideology lies. She’s definitely put her experience as a prosecutor to good use during Wednesday’s questioning.
In the case Garza v. Gargan, involving a 17-year-old immigrant who wanted to obtain an abortion, Kavanaugh wrote a dissenting opinion that essentially defended the administration’s attempts to keep her from getting an abortion. He argued that the teen didn’t get the necessary approval from the government to get the medical procedure, which is patently untrue. He also used a common conservative anti-abortion phrase: “abortion on demand.”
Judge Kavanaugh obviously didn’t have an answer to Sen. Harris’ question because his political agenda has no concern for controlling men. The “pro-life” agenda allows men to do whatever they want, while people who get pregnant are suddenly subjected to all sorts of legal restrictions on what they can do to their own bodies the moment they conceive.
The week isn’t over yet. Looking forward to what other questions Democrats have to expose what Kavanaugh truly stands for.
