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White-hot, the confirmation of brett cavanagh could tip the balance of the court. look when justice antonin scalia died 2 interviews ago, republican controlled senate filled his seat with another conservative, neil gorsuch, the balance or maintain check. the retirement of justice anthony kennedy single the potential swing to the right with the nomination of brett kavanaugh. many republicans view brett kavanaugh as a reliable conservative vote. democrats do too which is what concerns them. that is why the prospect of confirmation of brett kavanaugh aluminate the centrist seat held by kennedy di...
Entirety, not overturned. a key senator on the republican side susan collins said she thought kavanaugh respected the decision because he told her in private it was, quote, settled law. yesterday i asked lindsey graham a republican openly anti-abortion on his take on roe v. wade. >> do you hope kavanaugh does overturn roe v. wade? >> if there's a case before him that challenges roe v. wade to listen to both sides of the story, apply a test to overturn precedent. precedent is important because it's not invalid. i'm dying to see if he sees if citizens versus united can be overturned. there's a p...
Of the substantive questions that kavanaugh is going to face as far as issues that will come before the court should he serve on it. top among them being abortion and this question about settled law. >> look, he's going to repeat over the course of several days sitled law, settled law, settled law precedent. in truth, it means nothing. we have gotten used to in this country to supreme court nominees not answering questions about their backgrounds. for instance, justice gorsuch wrote a book on precedent, right? and had no problem joining an opinion to gut 41 years of law pertaining to public se...