{"id":2807,"date":"2018-06-28T17:54:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/06\/28\/trumps-anti-choice-litmus-test-for-supreme-court-vacancy\/"},"modified":"2018-06-28T17:54:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T17:54:00","slug":"trumps-anti-choice-litmus-test-for-supreme-court-vacancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-anti-choice-litmus-test-for-supreme-court-vacancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Anti-Choice Litmus Test For Supreme Court Vacancy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump has repeatedly pledged to have an anti-choice litmus test for Supreme Court nominees. Trump sees vacancies on the Supreme Court as his opportunity to pack the courts with justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade. In Trump’s own words:<\/span><\/p>\n

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“<\/span>I'm pro-life. The judges will be pro-life.” – Trump<\/a>, 2016<\/p>\n

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“<\/span>I will be appointing pro-life judges.” – Trump<\/a>, 2016<\/p>\n

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“<\/span>If we put another two or perhaps three justice on, that's really what's going to be — that will happen.”– Trump<\/a>, on whether the court would overturn Roe v. Wade, 2016<\/p>\n

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“<\/span>It is. It is.” – Trump<\/a>, on whether overturning Roe v. Wade would be a litmus test for Supreme Court nominees, 2015<\/p>\n

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“<\/span>If we appoint strict constructionists to the Supreme Court as Donald Trump intends to do, I believe we’ll see Roe vs. Wade consigned to the ash heap of history.” – Pence<\/a>, 2016<\/p>\n

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Democrats and Republicans alike should reject any nominee who would vote to overturn Roe v. Wade.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump has repeatedly pledged to have an anti-choice litmus test for Supreme Court nominees. Trump sees vacancies on the Supreme Court as his opportunity to pack the courts with justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade. In Trump’s own words:   “I'm pro-life. 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