Are Senators Susan Collins and Joe Manchin stupid, or do they just think we are?
Both self-identified centrist, pro-choice senators voted to confirm Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, two of the six jurists responsible for curb-stomping American women’s rights back into the 1960s with today’s ruling on Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health. They did so because, at the time, they were assured that both Gorsuch and Kavanaugh would uphold precedent. Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, in fact, did not. Whoopsie!
Both senators have come out with statements declaring themselves shocked—shocked—that Kavanaugh and Gorsuch would do such a thing—what naughty justices! This is especially sad-making to the senators because both of them met with both judges during their respective confirmation processes, and both judges assured both senators that they would triple-dog promise to not undo Roe v. Wade, no backsies.
Manchin released a statement declaring that he was “alarmed” and “deeply disappointed” that he was lied to by both judges. Collins says that she, too, was lied to, and that the court’s abandoning of a 50-year precedent was “ill-considered action that will further divide” the country during an already fraught time. I might be an outlier here, but I believe them. Sort of.
I don’t believe they were totally blindsided by Gorsuch and Kavanaugh’s actions today.
R&I – FS
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