will be in a position to apply the court s decision in dobbs. whatever that decision is going to be, and you ve talked about following precedent, and what the court decides. do you commit to respecting the courts decision if it rules that roe was wrongly decided, and that the issue of abortion should be sent back to the states? senator, whatever the supreme court decides in dobbs will be the precedent of the supreme court, it will be worthy of respect in the sense that it is the precedent, and i commit to treating it as i would any other president. there s one other thing, one of the central issues in the dobbs case is about whether the constitution protects the right
nancy of the law, end quote. he also stated that roe has been reaffirmed many times. i also spoke with judge kavanaugh about this issue in 2018. i asked him whether he believes that roe was settled wrong and if so, if weathwhether it was c settled. justice kavanaugh said, quote, roe is settled as a precedent of the supreme court, end quote. he said that roe, quote, has been reaffirmed many times over the past 45 years. and most prominently, most importantly, reaffirmed in planned parenthood v. casey and described casey of having the value of precedent on precedent, end quote. i most recently spoke about this issue with justice barrett in
he also stated that roe has been reaffirmed many times. i also spoke with judge kavanaugh about this issue in 2018. i asked him whether he believes that roe was settled law and if so, whether it was correctly settled. justice kavanaugh said that roe, quote, is settled as a precedent of the supreme court, end quote. he said that roe, quote, has been reaffirmed many times over the past 45 years and most prominently, most importantly, reaffirmed in planned parent hood versus casey, end quote. and he describes casey as having the value of a precedent on precedent, end quote. i most recently spoke about this issue with justice barrett
discussed when we visited th supreme court, it reconsidering whether th constitution protects the righ to an abortion in dobbs. and, if you are confirms, yo will be in a position to apply the court s decision in dobbs. whatever that decision is goin to be, and you ve talked about following precedent, and wha the court decides. do you commit to respecting th courts decision if it rule that roe was wrongly decided and that the issue of abortion should be sent back to the states senator, whatever the supreme court decides in dobbs will be the precedent of the supreme court, it will b worthy of respect in the sense that it is the precedent, and commit to treating it as i would any other president.
have been relied upon, and reliance is one of the factors that the court considers when it seeks to revisit or when it s asked to revisit a precedent, and in all cases the precedent of the supreme court would have to be reviewed pursuant to those factors because stare decisis is very important. thank you. if you are confirmed you would be one of only two justices who has also severed on a federal district court, the other being justice sotomayor. in your eight years as a trial judge on d.c. district court you wrote nearly 600 opinions and presided over nine jury trials and three bench trials. as you know from your service on the district court, it s