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Donkees

(31,452 posts)
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 05:03 AM Jul 2018

Bernie Sanders on Trump's SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh: Are You Ready For A Fight!



Published on Jul 9, 2018

President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh will be a rubber-stamp for an extreme, right-wing agenda pushed by corporations and billionaires. The coming Senate debate over the replacement of retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy is about the future of Roe v. Wade, campaign finance reform, voting rights, workers' rights, health care, climate change, environmental protection and gun safety.

Brett Kavanaugh, contrary to 200 years of Supreme Court precedent, believes a president 'may decline to enforce a statute . . . when the president deems the statute unconstitutional.' He ruled against a migrant teenager seeking to be released from custody in order to obtain an abortion. He believes a president can only be indicted after he leaves office and should not be subjected to civil suits while in office. He ruled the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was unconstitutional. And he would not uphold the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate.

I do not believe a person with those views should be given a lifetime seat on the Supreme Court. We must mobilize the American people to defeat Trump’s right-wing, reactionary nominee.

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Bernie Sanders on Trump's SCOTUS Nominee Brett Kavanaugh: Are You Ready For A Fight! (Original Post) Donkees Jul 2018 OP
That's why I will vote for Bernie in my state's '20 primary. 3Hotdogs Jul 2018 #1
+1 chwaliszewski Jul 2018 #2
Me too. ananda Jul 2018 #5
I remember writing letters and calling senators opposing sinkingfeeling Jul 2018 #3
"We must mobilize the American people to defeat Trump's right-wing, reactionary nominee." Tarc Jul 2018 #4
My thoughts exactly. So much could have been done during the 2016 GE campaign.... George II Jul 2018 #6
LOL, this fuckin' guy. nt Maven Jul 2018 #7

sinkingfeeling

(51,471 posts)
3. I remember writing letters and calling senators opposing
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 07:52 AM
Jul 2018

Kavanaugh when Bush put him.on the Appeals Court.

Tarc

(10,476 posts)
4. "We must mobilize the American people to defeat Trump's right-wing, reactionary nominee."
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 07:56 AM
Jul 2018

2 years too late, Bernie.

George II

(67,782 posts)
6. My thoughts exactly. So much could have been done during the 2016 GE campaign....
Tue Jul 10, 2018, 07:59 AM
Jul 2018

....to prevent where we are today.

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