All attention has been focused on Trump’s pick to the Supreme Court, a judge who will replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, who has often been a swing vote on liberal issues like Roe v. Wade. On Monday night, Trump finally announced his pick from the final four he had considered.
President Trump Announces the Nominee for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court https://t.co/rVMTOMpurr
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 10, 2018
Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh to be the youngest justice to ever serve on the Supreme Court and, according to some political analysts, the most unqualified of the final list. Most interestingly for a Trump pick, however, Kavanaugh once argued that a president can be impeached for lying to the public and lying to his staff. That will be a difficult argument to wiggle away from during the Trump/Russia probe.
Trump’s Scotus pick Brett Kavanaugh once argued that a president could be impeached for lying to his staff and misleading the public. https://t.co/VQBqOt4uXC pic.twitter.com/DKwaxxghDr
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) July 10, 2018
According to The New York Times:
‘Judge Kavanaugh’s arguments — expressed in the report of the independent counsel, Kenneth W. Starr, which he co-wrote nearly 20 years ago — have been cited in recent days by Republicans with reservations about him and have raised concerns among some people close to Mr. Trump. But Judge Kavanaugh has reconsidered some of his views since then, and there is no evidence that they have derailed his candidacy.’
Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh for SCOTUS and Alex Jones has a sad bc Hillary Clinton is a lesbian who murdered her male lover Vince Foster but Kavanaugh looked at the actual evidence & didn’t get the memo from Breitbart: pic.twitter.com/MiRmM0wUq8
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) July 10, 2018
The fate of women’s reproductive health rights and the GOP’s attempts to gerrymander and threaten the voting rights of black Americans lies in the hands of a judge chosen by a conservative political group.
What to know about Brett Kavanaugh, Pres. Trump’s Supreme Court pick:
– 53, Bush-appointed judge
– was on team that pushed for Bill Clinton’s impeachment
– issued order preventing immigrant teen from getting an abortion
– ruled to scale back Obama-era environmental regulations pic.twitter.com/IOIaS1Ta2r— AJ+ (@ajplus) July 10, 2018
These are frightening times, indeed, for all minorities, thanks to the election of Donald Trump to the White House.
Featured image via Getty/Chip Somodevilla
