[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 115 (Tuesday, July 10, 2018)]
[House]
[Page H6032]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           THE SUPREME COURT IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOVE POLITICS

  (Mr. PAYNE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, the Supreme Court is supposed to be above 
politics. Justice is supposed to be blind.
  But rather than nominate a fair and balanced jurist to the Supreme 
Court, the man in the White House has nominated a right-wing operative 
to replace Justice Kennedy.
  Not only that, the nominee is someone who apparently believes that 
the President is above the law.
  Make no mistake. Judge Brett Kavanaugh is no Justice Kennedy.
  Whether we are talking about the disgraceful Starr Commission or Bush 
vs. Gore or the scandalous George W. Bush administration, Judge 
Kavanaugh has been there. His hands are covered in right-wing muck.
  This nomination threatens the rights and liberties the people of this 
Nation have died for. Confirming Judge Kavanaugh would destroy Roe vs. 
Wade. It would put ObamaCare at risk, and it would threaten the rights 
of same-sex couples to marry.
  The American people demand justice, and justice is fair, not a 
justice who is full of hot air.

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