Opponents of Judge Kavanaugh are scouring everything that he has said or written to negatively characterize his views on many legal and constitutional issues, especially abortion and Roe v. Wade. As a July 12 vox.com article emphasized, Roe v. Wade “is at the center of the fight to block the recently named conservative Supreme Court […]
Catherine Glenn Foster on Argentina Abortion Vote
The following statement is from Catherine Glenn Foster, President & CEO of Americans United for Life: “Life in the womb is human life, and every human being deserves protection. Argentina, like all of South America, is pro-life and will remain so. Argentina has wisely rejected the false message that abortion is necessary to protect women’s […]
Senator Grassley Doubles Down on Documents
Last Thursday’s column noted and quoted Republican Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (IA)’s letter to Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), rebuffing Schumer’s request for over a million pages of documents relating to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s tenure as Staff Secretary to President George W. Bush. Yesterday, Senator Grassley doubled down on his refusal, taking his […]
The Recipe for Chicken a la King
Justice Stephen Breyer famously quipped that the Supreme Court confirmation process is like the recipe for chicken a la king – “from the point of view of the chicken.” Let’s go with the metaphor a little and point out that the main stream media appears to be preparing the long knives for the nominee du […]
Democratic Leadership Thawing on Meetings with Judge Kavanaugh
The last several days, we’ve discussed Democratic reluctance to meet with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. According to reports coming in late last week, that reluctance may now be thawing – perhaps thanks to a new pro-abortion strategy to derail Kavanaugh. Politico reported late Friday, following a Washington Post report, that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and […]
Weekly Wrap Up: Enthusiastic Support from an Esteemed (Democratic) Member of the Supreme Court Bar Says It All
This week, we’ve taken a closer look at the political parties’ records when it comes to referring Supreme Court nominees out of the Judiciary Committee, both of their own party and of the opposition party. We’ve seen that Democratic senators tend to dig their heels in when it comes to Republican presidential nominees like Judge […]
Senator Grassley’s Takedown of the Democrats’ Document Snowball
Yesterday, we examined the parties’ comparative voting records on Supreme Court nominees and found that nominees of Republican presidents have a longer road to confirmation than do Democratic nominees. One way that opponents of a nominee can slow the process down is by insisting on the production of voluminous records ostensibly relating to the nominee’s […]
Are Republicans Rushing the Confirmation Process?
If the Senate votes on Judge Kavanaugh’s nomination by the end of September, it will be no “rush to judgment,” contrary to the messaging coming from the Democratic side of the aisle. According to the Heritage Foundation, the nine Supreme Court nominees that have gone before the Senate in the past thirty years, going back […]
Comment supporting HHS proposed rule ensuring Title X program integrity
“Yesterday, Americans United for Life submitted a Comment in support of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed rule revising its Title X regulations to require that no Title X funds may be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning. These regulations are not only constitutional, but they are […]
AUL’s Defense of Judge Kavanaugh on C-Span’s Washington Journal
AUL’s Kavanaugh Column is aimed at equipping you, the pro-life public, with the information you need to support Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court. But a picture is worth a thousand words, and a moving picture with sound speaks volumes. So today’s column features an appearance this morning by AUL General Counsel and […]
