Kavanaugh's confirmed — now what? These three issues are at stake — and new rulings could uproot American society. ️
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00:00On this vote, the ayes are 50, the nays are 48, the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh of Maryland to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed.
00:30On this vote, the ayes are 50, the nays are 48, the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh of Maryland to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed.
00:45On this vote, the ayes are 50, the nays are 48, the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh of Maryland to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is confirmed.
01:11I do not believe that Brett Kavanaugh will overturn.
01:15His precedents are overturned all the time.
01:17They aren't overturned all the time.
01:19It is going to be overturned. It will be gone. There will be states in this country, probably a dozen or so, maybe more, where abortion is illegal.
01:42I'm happy to talk about my cases, the ECU, the stuff.
01:48But you're not happy to talk to me about the opinions you've expressed in the past.
01:51Do you still hold those opinions now?
01:53Well, that's what I wrote then as a lawyer for a client.
01:56And but you said that, again, that is, in fact, my personal opinion.
02:01That's before the case is decided.
02:03And so you express a personal opinion on this issue then.
02:06Do you still hold that same opinion now?
02:08It's unconstitutional.
02:09I think you're.
02:11They could never get the Congress, even when it's controlled by Republicans, to go along with what they believe.
02:38And so they use the one non-elected branch of government, Article 3, the judiciary, to sneak people onto the court who will then decimate Americans' health care.
02:49Judge Kavanaugh openly criticized Justice Roberts for saving the Affordable Care Act.
02:54And he suggested the D.C. Circuit Court should consider a claim that the law was unconstitutional.
03:01Using an argument, his colleagues on the bench labeled a flawed misread of precedent.