• theprogressivist @lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    “As a nominee to the Third Circuit, it would not be appropriate for me to address how this Amendment would apply in an abstract hypothetical scenario,” Bove wrote.

    That should disqualify him or anyone who doesn’t answer this question with a hard NO. But we live in stupid times with stupid people leading the way.

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      It’s not like you can really trust a “no” from these people. Kavanaugh and Barrett were both asked about Roe during their Supreme Court nomination hearings, and they both responded like it was settled law and they’d leave it alone. Look how that worked out.

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        Well, they specifically dodged the yes or no question being posed and responded with “It is settled law”.

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      He sounds like Jordan Peterson. How do you define “constitutional”? How do you define “term”? How do you define… oh shut up.