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Ariana Baio
Jun 24, 2022
US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade
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Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) who voted in favor of appointing Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch says he's "alarmed" the two voted in favor of overturning Roe v. WadeRoe v. Wade.
"I trust Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh when they testified under oath that they also believed Roe v. Wade was settled legal precedent and I am alarmed they chose to reject the stability the ruling provided for two generations of Americans," Manchin tweeted Friday morning.
During the Justices' Supreme Court nomination hearings, they testified that Roe v. Wade (1973) was an important precedent reaffirmed by Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992). Although neither directly stated their opinions on abortion.
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Upon releasing his statement, Senator Manchin was met with backlash by people who felt he was naïve to the Justices' ideology, with both men identifying as conservative and part of the Republican Party.
Twitter users mocked Manchin's statement of "alarmed" by tweeting their own versions of being alarmed by information.
\u201cI trusted the Coyote when he showed me that newly built tunnel and I am alarmed to learn that in fact it was merely something he\u2019d painted on the side of a mountain.\u201d— derek davison (@derek davison) 1656084145
\u201cI am "alarmed" that a sitting fucking Senator was stupid enough to "trust" Gorsuch and Kavanaugh when they said this despite their obvious conservative leanings.\n\nYou're not shocked. You knew this would happen, asshole.\u201d— Phoenix\ud83e\ude90 (@Phoenix\ud83e\ude90) 1656085419
\u201c"i trusted lucy when she testified under oath that she was not going to pull the football away at the last second causing me to fall and make a fool of myself and i am alarmed she chose to reject the stability the football provided"\u201d— gg (@gg) 1656084092
In the 6-3 decision, all of Trump's appointees including Amy Coney Barrett voted in favor of overturning Roe v. Wade alongside other Court conservatives.
The only three Justices that voted against were Justices Elena Kagan, Stephen Breyer, and Sonia Sotomayor.
Echoing Senator Manchin's concerns, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) said "This decision is inconsistent with what Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh said in their testimony and their meetings with me, where they both were insistent on the importance of supporting long-standing precedents that the country has relied upon."
\u201cIt's ok everybody. Manchin is "alarmed" by being lied to. Now if we can just hear that Susan Collins is "troubled" by this I'll feel a whole better\u201d— Chris Vernarsky (@Chris Vernarsky) 1656085074
The decision released by the Court on Friday has left millions of Americans in shock and scrambling to understand what Dobbs v. Jackson means for the future of people who can get pregnant.
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