4th Amendment
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Judge Kavanaugh helped write the Patriot Act, and wrote opinions justifting warrantless electronic surveillance of American’s doing away with “effects” of the 4th Ammendment.
Judge Kavanaugh also is an opponent to the 5th and 6th Amendments. Working for George W Bush, he developed laws justifying torture, and allowing the US to name anyone an “enemy combatant” and hold them indefinitely without due process.
Again, American’s were so distracted by the assault allegations, there wasn’t enough time or attention given to asking Kavanaugh about his judicial record and how he interprets the Constitution. Kavanaugh has already and would likely support continued erosion of the 4th, 5th, 6th and 9th amendments as much as liberal judges mught support errosion of amendments 1 and 2.
US Conservatives think we won a major political battle with the confirmation of Brett Cavanaugh. Justice Cavanaugh replaces Justice Kennedy and it would seem that the divided Supreme Court has just made a huge conservative swing. Many conservatives hope a conservative Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade or at least support federal defunding of Planned Parenthood. But Kavanaugh has said over and again that Roe v. Wade is “settled law”. Furthermore, Kavanaugh has supported the Patriot Act, Torture, liberal designation of Enemy Combatants, and expansive digital surveillance. So, while neo-conservatives who support increasing federal survalence, may consider Kavanaugh’s appointment a win, I think this may be a big lose for the constitution.
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