MICHAEL MEDVED

At stake in the Kavanaugh fight: Rule by the people

Jul 20, 2018, 9:25 AM

In their desperate desire to block the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, Democrats say they’re fighting to protect “abortion rights,”  but that claim is deeply misleading. If a state legislature wants to pass laws creating a right to abortion, not even the most pro-life justice would say that the Constitution stops them from doing so, and not even the most pro-choice justice can identify a clause in the Constitution that requires them to do so.

The fundamental debate isn’t about abortion — it’s about who gets to make the regulations that govern society. Originalists see all power coming from the people and their elected representatives; judicial activists want to impose the choices of un-elected judges over the popular will.

Justice Kavanaugh’s confirmation will convey a powerful message that in America, it’s the people who rule, not all-powerful judicial elites.

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At stake in the Kavanaugh fight: Rule by the people