Roe 'settled' law? Justices' earlier assurances now in doubt

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/us-supreme-court-election-2020-amy-coney-barrett-brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearings-084bd8c246cce2418f7cc49a1cd31cd5

Roe ‘settled’ law? Justices’ earlier assurances now in doubt
By LISA MASCARO

WASHINGTON (AP) — During his confirmation to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh convinced Sen. Susan Collins that he thought a woman’s right to an abortion was “settled law,” calling the court cases affirming it “precedent on precedent” that could not be casually overturned.

Amy Coney Barrett told senators during her Senate confirmation hearing that laws could not be undone simply by personal beliefs, including her own. “It’s not the law of Amy,” she quipped.

But during this week’s landmark Supreme Court hearing over a Mississippi law that could curtail if not outright end a woman’s right to abortion, the two newest justices struck a markedly different tone, drawing lines of questioning widely viewed as part of the court’s willingness to dismantle decades old decisions on access to abortion services.

The disconnect is raising fresh questions about the substance, purpose and theater of the Senate’s confirmation process that some say is badly broken. And it’s creating hard politics for Collins and another Senate Republican who supports abortion rights, Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, as the nation confronts the potential unraveling of the law.

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"We fooled them real good!"

[LakeArenal]

1. Cuz they are liars? Shocking.

[atreides1]

2. Of course they are

But according to the doctrines of their belief system...all they have to do is sit in a magic box and tell the middle man on the other side...how sorry they are and that they'll never do it again(which is also a lie)!

The man dressed in black, will then move his hands as if performing a magic spell and give them forgiveness...as they leave they drop an envelope into a box near the entrance way...and they're now pure as the driven snow, until the next time!!!

[NanceGreggs]

3. I invite anyone who thinks ...

... Trump is actually anti-abortion to contact me immediately for a swell deal on a bridge in Brooklyn.

I am also offering a super-duper-special-discount for those who believe that Trump has never paid for one.

[3catwoman3]

5. It would be most interesting to know...

…how many abortions he either paid for or persuaded someone to have. Several, I’ll wager.

His response to Marla Maples announcement of her pregnancy was not exactly that so a man thrilled with becoming a father again - “So, what are we going to do about this.” (Or words to that effect, IIRC.)

[dalton99a]

6. Yep

"I'm glad it happened. I have a great little daughter, Tiffany," Trump told his pal Stern in the 2004 interview. "But, you know, at the time it was like, 'Excuse me, what happened?' And then I said, 'Well, what are we going to do about this?' [Marla] said, 'Are you serious? It's the most beautiful day of our lives.' I said, 'Oh, great.'"

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-tiffany-trump-ivanka-trump-tapes-howard-sterm-671826

[Walleye]

4. Why not? Clarence Thomas lied and he still sits on the Court

I think everybody knew he was lying, too. Nobody disputes it to this day. Talk about playing the race card

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. In other words they're lying sacks of shit.

[Volaris]

8. I mean, I suppose it will be fun watching collins try and squirm her way out of

her own Complicity Trap?

I think the GOP has no idea the wrath that's about to come for them if this SC trashes Roe. They wont be able to cheat ENOUGH to deflect the anger that will be directed at them...especially in the Senate.