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Is Brett Kavanaugh a ‘cringing little liberal’?

Sep 05, 2018 · Supreme Court confirmation hearings for judge Brett Kavanaugh began yesterday, and featured a flurry of concerned statements and questions from Democratic senators. Amid shouts from protesters in the chamber and scorn from Democrats, a successful lawyer who calls herself a liberal and a feminist spoke up on Kavanaugh’s behalf, arguing that he’s a great man …

Who are Brett Kavanaugh and John Roberts?

Jan 13, 2022 · Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Thursday evening called Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh a “cringing little liberal” after Kavanaugh sided with the liberal justices to uphold a health care vaccine mandate. ... Speaking about the ruling with attorney Harmeet Dhillon, who represented The Daily Wire in the fight against the Biden ...

What did Tucker Carlson say about Brett Kavanaugh?

Jan 14, 2022 · Fox News host Tucker Carlson called Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh a "cringing little liberal." He made the comment Thursday on his show while discussing the high court rulings on President ...

Did the left ‘break’ Kavanaugh?

Oct 29, 2018 · Now that Brett Kavanaugh is an associate justice, no one doubts that this new Supreme Court will be the most conservative in decades. ASSOCIATED PRESS Liberal lawyers are reassessing their Supreme Court strategies now that they face not only a solidly conservative majority but the addition of a justice who has openly expressed animosity toward ...

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Jan 14, 2022 · “It was disappointing to see Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh join the Court’s liberals to uphold a mandate that targets health care workers,” tweeted Rep. Matt Gaetz.

More Coordination Among Groups

Environmental groups told HuffPost that they’re starting to talk with one another about developing approaches to the Supreme Court. If one group decides on a strategy ― like trying to keep an issue away from the high court ― that decision won’t matter if another group makes a different choice. So they figure it makes sense if they work together.

Focusing More On State Legislatures And Courts

No one is planning to give up on the federal judiciary altogether. On some issues, there’s just not a choice.

Swaying Chief Justice John Roberts

Ever since Chief Justice John Roberts’ decision upholding the Affordable Care Act, liberals have been looking at him as someone who may occasionally break with the party’s conservative wing.

Exposing The Bad

Sometimes, a bad decision by the Supreme Court can be useful. And liberal groups may have to rev up their activist wings in the Kavanaugh era to use those rulings to change policy in other ways.

The decision

The top court in the US ruled that employers who fire workers for being gay or transgender are breaking the country's civil rights laws. In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court said federal law — which prohibits discrimination based on sex — should be understood to include sexual orientation and gender identity.

Importance of timing

This decision came at a particularly poignant and desperate time for LGBTQ right in the US. Just days before the decision, the Trump Administration rolled back Obama-era healthcare protections for transgender people and abortion access.

Brett Kavanaugh's dissent

While many American were overwhelmed with joy about the decision, Twitter users were quick to condemn conservative Kavanaugh for voting against it.

Why is Kavanaugh reluctant to throw out the Affordable Care Act?

Kavanaugh has proven reluctant to throw out an entire statute just because one part is unconstitutional. That will be a central issue when the court on Nov. 10 takes up a Trump-backed bid to throw out the Affordable Care Act and its protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

Is Brett Kavanaugh a liberal?

A A. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh remains anathema to many liberals. The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg means he also may soon be their best hope to save abortion rights and Obamacare. Kavanaugh, who prefers narrower rulings than some of his conservative colleagues, would find himself at the court’s ideological center ...