• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Advertise With Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use

Fierce Patriots

Conservative Political News

  • Subscribe

Susan Collins

Ocasio-Cortez: Supreme Court Justices Who 'Lied' About Roe v. Wade Should Be Impeached

June 26, 2022 by Pam Key Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Abortion, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Breitbart, Clips, Joe Manchin, News, Politics, Supreme Court, Susan Collins

GOP senator suggests Barrett, Kavanaugh lied during Senate confirmation. But here's what they said.

June 24, 2022 by Chris Enloe Leave a Comment

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) appeared on Friday to accuse Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh of lying when the Senate was considering their Supreme Court nominations.

What did Collins say?

After the Supreme Court officially overturned abortion precedents in a 6-3 ruling on Friday, Collins released a statement saying Barrett and Kavanaugh voted in an “inconsistent” manner with what they promised during their confirmation hearings.

“This decision is inconsistent with what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said in their testimony and their meetings with me, where they both were insistent on the importance of supporting long-standing precedents that the country has relied upon,” Collins said.

She added, “Throwing out a precedent overnight that the country has relied upon for half a century is not conservative. It is a sudden and radical jolt to the country that will lead to political chaos, anger, and a further loss of confidence in our government.”

But what did ACB and Kavanaugh say?

While it is impossible to know what each justice said behind closed doors, neither justice indicated during their Senate confirmation hearings that they would absolutely vote to uphold Roe v. Wade if the issue came before the Supreme Court.

Under questioning from Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-N.Y.), Barrett said she does not consider Roe v. Wade a “super-precedent,” a scholarly legal term that describes “cases that are so well-settled that no political actors and no people seriously push for their overruling,” Barrett explained.

“And I’m answering a lot of question about Roe, which I think indicates that Roe doesn’t fall in that category,” she added.

Barrett stipulated that legal scholars “across the spectrum say that doesn’t mean that Roe should be overruled, but descriptively it does mean that it’s not a case that everyone has accepted.”


u201cJudge Barrett on Roe & super-precedent definition: “to define cases that are so well-settled that no political actors and no people seriously push for their overruling. And I’m answering a lot of question about Roe, which I think indicates that Roe doesn’t fall in that category.”u201d

— CSPAN (@CSPAN)
1602614525

At his Senate confirmation hearing, Kavanaugh called Roe an “important precedent of the Supreme Court that has been reaffirmed many times,” but declined to say whether he believed it was “correct law.”

“This is the point that I want to make that I think is important. Planned Parenthood v. Casey reaffirmed Roe and did so by considering the stare decisis factors,” Kavanaugh then explained. “So Casey now becomes a precedent on precedent. It is not as if it is just a run-of-the-mill case that was decided and never been reconsidered, but Casey specifically reconsidered it, applied the stare decisis factors, and decided to reaffirm it. That makes Casey a precedent on precedent.”

During his private meeting with Collins, Kavanaugh allegedly told the Republican lawmaker that he believed Roe was “settled law.”

“We talked about whether he considered Roe to be settled law,” Collins said after the meeting. “He said that he agreed with what [Chief] Justice [John] Roberts said at his nomination hearing in which he said that it was settled law.”

Anything else?

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) also expressed frustrations with Kavanaugh and Justice Neil Gorsuch.

“I trusted Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh when they testified under oath that they also believed Roe v. Wade was settled legal precedent and I am alarmed they chose to reject the stability the ruling has provided for two generations of Americans,” Manchin said in a statement.

However, just like his colleagues, Gorsuch did not say that he would uphold Roe if the matter came before the court. Gorsuch said “a good judge will consider [Roe] as precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court worthy as treatment of precedent like any other.”

“Roe v. Wade, decided in 1973, is a precedent of the U.S. Supreme Court. It has been reaffirmed. The reliance interest considerations are important there, and all of the other factors that go into analyzing precedent have to be considered,” Gorsuch explained.

Filed Under: Abortion, Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh, Joe Manchin, News, Precedent, Roe v. Wade, Stare decisis, Supreme Court, Susan Collins, The Blaze

Primary Sidebar

The One Kind of ‘Diversity’ That University Officials Don’t Want

July 1, 2022 | George Leef | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about The One Kind of ‘Diversity’ That University Officials Don’t Want

Karine Jean-Pierre Is Collapsing and Even Her Allies Are Starting to Notice

July 1, 2022 | Bonchie | Leave a Comment

Did you know that Karine Jean-Pierre is the first openly gay, black, immigrant White House Press Secretary in history? You’d be hard-pressed not to … Read More... about Karine Jean-Pierre Is Collapsing and Even Her Allies Are Starting to Notice

Tory MP Quits Deputy Whip Role Amid Claims of Groping Two Men

July 1, 2022 | Kurt Zindulka | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about Tory MP Quits Deputy Whip Role Amid Claims of Groping Two Men

WFB, BNL, MLB, and More

July 1, 2022 | Jay Nordlinger | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about WFB, BNL, MLB, and More

French Judges To Decide Whether Trans-Men Eligible For Artificial Insemination

July 1, 2022 | Chris Tomlinson | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about French Judges To Decide Whether Trans-Men Eligible For Artificial Insemination

Sign Up For The Fierce Patriot Newsletter

Follow on Instagram

Starving the Planet to Save It?

July 1, 2022 | Andrew Stuttaford | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about Starving the Planet to Save It?

Larry Arnn Is Right about Education Majors

July 1, 2022 | Kevin D. Williamson | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about Larry Arnn Is Right about Education Majors

War Transforms the State

July 1, 2022 | Michael Brendan Dougherty | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about War Transforms the State

Canadian Police Describe Person with Full Beard as 'Missing Woman'

July 1, 2022 | Jack Montgomery | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about Canadian Police Describe Person with Full Beard as 'Missing Woman'

Cuellar: Asylum Seekers Should Remain in Mexico, Only 10-12% Who Get Asylum Should Be Allowed in

July 1, 2022 | Ian Hanchett | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about Cuellar: Asylum Seekers Should Remain in Mexico, Only 10-12% Who Get Asylum Should Be Allowed in

Woke Bank Tells Customers to Leave If They Don't Like Pronoun Badges

July 1, 2022 | Kurt Zindulka | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about Woke Bank Tells Customers to Leave If They Don't Like Pronoun Badges

Blue State Blues: America Is Being Governed Like a Third World Country

July 1, 2022 | Joel B. Pollak | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about Blue State Blues: America Is Being Governed Like a Third World Country

Brazil's Bolsonaro Pledges Guns Laws Similar to U.S. if Reelected

June 30, 2022 | Jeff Poor | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about Brazil's Bolsonaro Pledges Guns Laws Similar to U.S. if Reelected

Rex Chapman Likens Clarence Thomas to a 'Black White Supremacist', Repeats Racist Stereotype About Blacks and Basketball

June 30, 2022 | Dylan Gwinn | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about Rex Chapman Likens Clarence Thomas to a 'Black White Supremacist', Repeats Racist Stereotype About Blacks and Basketball

German Chancellor: We're Now Making 'Real Investments' in 'Pipelines'

June 30, 2022 | Ian Hanchett | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about German Chancellor: We're Now Making 'Real Investments' in 'Pipelines'

In the Atmosphere of Identity, the Sky's the Limit: Swoon to the Sweet Song of 'Bird Gender'

June 30, 2022 | Alex Parker | Leave a Comment

To those who think neo-pronouns are for the birds: You’re actually right for once. As delivered by … Read More... about In the Atmosphere of Identity, the Sky's the Limit: Swoon to the Sweet Song of 'Bird Gender'

WH's National Economic Council Director Deese: Paying High Gas Prices 'About the Future of the Liberal World Order'

June 30, 2022 | Jeff Poor | Leave a Comment

… Read More... about WH's National Economic Council Director Deese: Paying High Gas Prices 'About the Future of the Liberal World Order'

Copyright © 2022 — FiercePatriots.com • All rights reserved. • Privacy Policy • Terms of Use • Sitemap