The Briefing Room
General Category => National/Breaking News => SCOTUS News => Topic started by: TomSea on May 09, 2019, 02:35:52 am
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh says judges 'owe our allegiance to the Constitution'
Joan Biskupic, CNN Digital Expansion 2018 Updated 8:17 AM ET, Tue May 7, 2019
Milwaukee, Wisconsin (CNN)Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stressed judicial independence and "allegiance to the Constitution" in his first major appearance outside of Washington since his contentious confirmation last October.
Speaking at a conference of judges and lawyers in Milwaukee on Monday night, Kavanaugh also declared, "It's important for judges not be in a bubble."
Kavanaugh appeared on stage in a hotel ballroom with his predecessor, retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, a centrist conservative who often cast the decisive vote on the high court, including to declare a right to same-sex marriage, uphold university affirmative action and preserve abortion rights.
Read more at: https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/07/politics/kavanaugh-wisconsin/ (https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/07/politics/kavanaugh-wisconsin/)
I hope he dumps Kennedy's legacy, he clerked for him? Right?