We’re back. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) up now, then Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) after him then lunch.
JC starts with stare decisis and whether Dred Scott and Plessy should have been overruled. And whether super precedent is real. Basically, would it be fine for the SCOTUS to overturn Roe and really not a line of questioning going anywhere.
JC is clumsily trying to score points—did you celebrate Judge Thomas’s confirmation? KBJ: I don’t really remember but, sure.