Conservative Justices Didn’t Lie About Roe at Their Confirmation Hearings
Democrats claim they misrepresented their views about its precedent.
by Ellie Gardey
May 4, 2022, 10:51 PM
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, along with a host of other Democrats, are accusing the conservative justices of lying during their confirmation hearings about the importance of the precedent set by Roe v. Wade. The leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe, they allege, proves the conservative justices misrepresented themselves to the Senate. Democratic lawmakers, journalists, and activists from comedian Stephen Colbert to MSNBC host Joy Reid to Rep. Pramila Jayapal to Sen. Elizabeth Warren have echoed the argument.
In a statement issued Tuesday, the Democratic leadership said, “Several of these conservative Justices, who are in no way accountable to the American people, have lied to the U.S. Senate, ripped up the Constitution and defiled both precedent and the Supreme Court’s reputation.”
Rep. Ted Lieu of California similarly said, “Multiple Justices LIED about #RoeVWade in order to get confirmed. Their mendacious actions are shredding the institution of the Supreme Court. How can we trust opinions by the Court when multiple justices brazenly lied to the American people in order to ascend to their positions?”
Jayapal said on MSNBC Wednesday that the Supreme Court justices “lied under oath when they were testifying to Congress on this question.”
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