“Judging the Judge”
October 3, 2018
BISHOP Donald Sanborn, who openly rejects the fake papacies of recent years, weighs in on the Kavanaugh case. Bishop Sanborn is also — like me — indifferent to the outcome of Kavanaugh’s nomination. At the same time, he examines the violations of decency and due process involved.
There seems to be a great deal of misunderstanding about Kavanaugh’s future if he joins the Supreme Court. He will not be overturning Roe v Wade, as he himself acknowledged. Furthermore, the GOP continues to be essentially a pro-abortion party despite its own platform. As the Protestant columnist Chuck Baldwin writes:
[W]hen Republicans say we must wait for the Supreme Court to overturn Roe (remember it was a Republican Supreme Court that passed Roe, and the Supreme Court has been dominated by Republican appointments ever since), they are spouting utter balderdash. Under Article. III. Section. 2. of the U.S. Constitution, a genuine pro-life Congress and White House could overturn Roe v Wade anytime it wanted to. The only reason the Republican Party hasn’t overturned Roe is because it hasn’t wanted to overturn Roe.
And, incredibly, there are millions of Christians and conservatives who continue to believe that the GOP is pro-life. Is this stupidity, naïveté or what exactly?
Furthermore, pro-life conservatives and Christians are beside themselves with glee over Trump’s appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. They seem to be convinced that Kavanaugh is going to tip the scales on the High Court and finally overturn Roe v Wade. It is pure fantasy.
In the first place, the idea that only the Supreme Court can overturn Roe only serves to reinforce the fallacious and unconstitutional doctrine of judicial supremacy. And, secondly, there is absolutely nothing in Kavanaugh’s record to suggest that he will vote to overturn Roe—all of the left-wing hysteria over the idea that he will notwithstanding.
The leftist hatred of Kavanaugh must not obscure the reality. The enemy of your enemy is not necessarily your friend.
