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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

‘Please Do Not Vote to Turn the Clock Back’: People With Disabilities Testify Against Kavanaugh



The danger of Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court appointment for people with disabilities has received relatively little attention.

On Friday, the final day of the confirmation hearings for Judge Brett Kavanaugh to replace U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Elizabeth Weintraub, senior advocacy specialist at the Association of University Centers on Disabilities, unequivocally told the Senate Judiciary Committee, “If Judge Kavanaugh is confirmed, I’m concerned that my rights to make decisions for myself will be taken away.”

These highly contentious hearings had confirmed what many already knew: Judge Kavanaugh is a conservative ideologue who is staunchly anti-choice, pro-Second Amendment, and a threat to the environment. However, the danger of his appointment for people with disabilities has received relatively little attention—though Friday’s testimonies from disability rights advocates shed some light on the subject.

To read more on this story, click here: ‘Please Do Not Vote to Turn the Clock Back’: People With Disabilities Testify Against Kavanaugh

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