Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch Are Destroying Their Mentor's Legacy

[MissMillie]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-and-neil-gorsuch-are-destroying-their-mentors-legacy/ar-AAYQqjm?ocid=U483DHP&li=BBnb7Kz

Justice Kennedy, appointed by President Ronald Reagan, led the court in writing more nuanced opinions than may be typical for the Supreme Court, such as Casey v. Planned Parenthood, which upheld a woman’s right to control her own reproductive health, and which Dobbs overturns. In Casey, Justice Kennedy articulated how liberties of choice in personal matters such as marriage and procreation are inexorably connected to a person’s equal standing in society, thereby focusing attention on the effects of government regulation on the personal lives of individuals. In subsequent cases addressing the legal status of same-sex relationships he furthered this distinctive approach to understanding the Constitution’s relevance to contemporary life by recognizing the connection between personal liberty to choose a marital partner and political equality. His goal was to facilitate the freedom of all Americans to create their own personal identities through their constitutionally-protected liberty to make choices about core personal matters. In overturning Casey to also overturn Roe v. Wade, one irony is that his two former clerks—Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh—cast deciding votes to join an opinion that abandons their former mentor’s distinctive jurisprudence. By doing so, all Americans may lose the opportunity to gain additional protections for their equal dignity to control personal aspects of their lives—and without the underpinnings of Justice Kennedy’s reasoning, they may lose additional rights they have already gained.

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It's a good read, and of course spot-on.

[NullTuples]

1. Kennedy...the Justice that stepped down under strange circumstances?

The son who happened to be involved in approving Trump's massive loans from Deutsche Bank? The Justice who was pressured by the Trump White house to step down so that he could be replaced by Kavanaugh?

[MissMillie]

2. The Op/Ed talks about his rulings on individual liberty(n/t)

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[NullTuples]

3. I'm questioning the assumption that they saw him as a mentor.

[MissMillie]

6. fair enough (n/t)

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[Casady1]

4. Kavanuagh stuck his manhood

in a woman's face. Who teaches their kids such reprehensible behavior. It comes from the parents. They have no respect for women. I have a good friend who attended Yale at the same time. He knew Ramirez. He has no doubt Kavanaugh did this.

[Golden Raisin]

5. And I'm sure they care deeply.

[ConstanceCee]

7. I Really Would Like to Know

Why did Kennedy resign? What did Trump say to him (caught on video) that stopped Kennedy in his tracks? I wish Kennedy would give us a hint.