Judge Brett Kavanaugh faced his first full day of questioning from members of Congress on many controversial issues as his confirmation hearings continued on Wednesday.
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D., Calif.) peppered the Supreme Court nominee with questions about his stance on the 1973 landmark abortion-rights case Roe vs. Wade, which Kavanaugh has described as “settled law.”
“What do you mean by ‘settled law’? Do you believe it is correct law?” asked Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Have your views about whether Roe is settled precedent changed since you were in the Bush White House?”
“One of the important things to keep in mind about Roe vs. Wade is that it has been reaffirmed many times over the past 45 years,” Kavanaugh responded. “I will tell you what my view right now is, which is it’s an important precedent of the Supreme Court that has been reaffirmed many times.”
“The Supreme Court didn’t just reaffirm it in passing,” he added, mentioning Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which reaffirmed Roe in 1992.
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