Ultra-Conservative Brett Kavanaugh will drag the Supreme Court to the intolerant right
by Diane Roberts / September 6, 2018 / Leave a comment
Trump’s Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh. Photo: USA TODAY Network/SIPA USA/PA Images
Barring the revelation that he secretly donated to the Clinton campaign, Brett Kavanaugh will soon be confirmed as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, dragging it even further to the intolerant right. Kavanaugh is an ultra-conservative, and there has been speculation that he could rule in favor of overturning women’s reproductive rights, won in the famous Roe v. Wade case of 1973, overturning marriage equality, lifting restrictions (such as they are) on campaign donations by corporations and plutocrats, and sweeping away environmental protections, affirmative action, and the tattered remains of the social safety net. There is fear that once on the bench, he may also vote to immunise Donald Trump from prosecution.
Ultra-right wing, Trumpist politics are not shared by most Americans. A majority do not want to see abortion outlawed, nor do they approve of the way our politics are driven by corporate money. Most Americans worry about clean air and clean water: a recent Gallup Poll shows that 62 per cent want the government to do something about climate change—the highest ever indication of concern. Americans want affordable heathcare—with or without Obama’s name attached to it; they’re not sure most Mexican immigrants are rapists and murderers; and, in increasing numbers, they think the current occupant of the White House has probably done some pretty unsavory, possibly criminal, things.
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