WATCH: Glenn Kirschner Calls for Investigation of Supreme Court Justices Who Lied About Roe
A few weeks back, news broke that the conservative justices on the Supreme Court were planning on overturning Roe vs. Wade. Many of the judges, when asked about the matter during their confirmation process, talked about the importance of precedent. Still, once they got their chance, they were happy to overturn the law. Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner says the judges should be investigated.
Dean Obeidallah recently asked Kirschner, “Any talk of potentially investigating them for impeachment or impeaching them, because they’ll bring up that these people lied and they’ll say, nope, no one’s talking about it. And I guess they know it’s not going to win in the Senate. And is it too close of a line? But what is your take on what you heard? And what do you think these people are exposing themselves to, or should be exposed to?”
The former federal prosecutor responded:
“Well, my take is all of those justices misrepresented and deceived the senators and by extension, the American people under oath during their confirmation hearings. Why? Because they couldn’t speak the truth. Can you imagine, Dean, if Alito said under oath what he put in that draft opinion? ‘Roe was egregiously wrong from the minute it was decided, and it’s an abuse of judicial authority.’ That’s a quote. Did he say or communicate anything about Roe v Wade that came anywhere near that? He communicated the exact opposite.”
Kirschner later continued, “The message was, you have nothing to worry about with the continued viability of Roe v. Wade, if you confirm me. That was a flippin’ lie in substance. And let’s not let him get away with it, Dean!”
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