ADEL, Iowa (AP) — Kirsten Gillibrand is promising that, if elected president, she'll only appoint Supreme Court justices who will support the Roe v. Wade decision, imposing a key legal litmus test that's consistent with most Democrats' values but which White House contenders don't usually
ADEL, Iowa — Kirsten Gillibrand is promising that, if elected president, she'll only appoint Supreme Court justices who will support the Roe v. Wade decision, imposing a key legal litmus test that's consistent with most Democrats' values but which White House contenders don't usually express so openly.
"That tradition ended when Mitch McConnell obstructed the nomination process and stole a Supreme Court seat, when Donald Trump nominated dozens of ideologically extreme judges hand-picked by far-right think tanks, and when Republicans confirmed a Supreme Court Justice who is credibly accused of sexual misconduct," Gillibrand wrote. That's a reference to Brett Kavanaugh's successful confirmation to the high court by the Senate last year, after he was nominated by Trump.
She's one of the Senate's most vocal members on issues of sexual harassment, military sexual assault, equal pay for women and family leave, and she has made supporting the #MeToo movement a centerpiece of her campaign. But Gillibrand has struggled to raise money and trails other Democratic presidential candidates in early public opinion polls ahead of the 2020 election.
But Gillibrand is the first to publicly declare that she will only consider nominating pro-abortion rights judges.
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