The Supreme Court "will annul" the case Roe v. Wade even if she does not "topple" it: Senate

A Democratic senator said that, along with Brett Kavanaugh in the Supreme Court, she hoped the court would overturn the right to abortion rather than directly annul the 1973 decision in the Roe v. . Wade.

Senator Mazie Hirono, of Hawaii, told Jonathan White's White House correspondent Jonathan Karl on Sunday that she doubted the court was "actually overthrowing Roe v. Wade", but "even though it's not the same thing." they do not do it, they will be canceled "that, pretty much. "

Hirono said she objected to Kavanaugh's elevation before the Supreme Court prior to her confirmation hearings because of her criminal record, including in the area of ​​reproductive rights.

"I have actually studied his cases, and I have read his own, especially his dissents, which are very revealing and very opposed to the choice of procreation," Hirono said.

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"Of course it matters if [justices] go over there and knock over Roe v. Wade, which I doubt very much that they are doing, "said the senator from Hawaii, adding that the court could further considerably weaken the right to abortion by allowing more restrictions on the part of the state on.

"States are very busy enacting all kinds of laws that would limit women's right to choose," Hirono said. "These are the things that will go before the judges.

Kavanaugh was sworn in as a supreme court judge late Saturday after a tense vote of 50 to 48 in the Senate, which was repeatedly interrupted by protesters shouting in the gallery against the Senate vote to confirm it.

His appointment was shaken by accusations of sexual misconduct against him since high school and college. Christine Blasey Ford claimed to have sexually assaulted her at a small party at home while she was a teenager in high school. A former classmate from Kavanaugh, Yale University, claimed to have exposed herself to her at an evening at the university where he was drinking.

Kavanaugh firmly and categorically denied all charges of sexual misconduct.

Hirono said: "He's going to be in the Supreme Court with a huge stain and a big asterisk after his name."

Karl asked if she approved the protesters' tactics against Kavanaugh's confirmation, some of whom faced senators in hallways or elevators on Capitol Hill, called the senators in the confirmation vote and demonstrated on the steps of the rotunda from the Capitol. More than 150 people were arrested on Saturday for illegal protests, police said.

Senator Marco Rubio, R-Florida, pointed out in a tweet that, while Republicans had used some of the tactics used by Kavanaugh opponents, Democrats and many media would "call it a crowd."

Hirono replied, "Anger is real, many people feel very, very strong."

She added, "People make their own decisions because, as you know in our country, civil disobedience is an integral part of our country, and of course, if you go beyond a line, you have to be held responsible."