U.S. Supreme Court docket
Kavanaugh lauds separation of powers as protesters criticize SCOTUS for Trump rulings
September 16, 2025, 2:26 pm CDT
U.S. Supreme Court docket Justice Brett Kavanaugh holds his private pocket Structure as he speaks on the Ken Starr Lecture Sequence at McLennan Group Faculty on Sept. 11, 2025, in Waco, Texas. (Picture by Tony Gutierrez/The Related Press)
The U.S. Supreme Court docket will hopefully preserve respect over time if its rulings are constant, impartial, neutral and defined, Justice Brett Kavanaugh stated at a neighborhood faculty look final week.
Kavanaugh stated the shedding events in instances earlier than the excessive court docket need to respect the method, and that may be finished by opinions displaying that the shedding celebration “was heard and revered,” Regulation.com stories.
Regulation.com and the Related Press have tales on Kavanaugh’s Sept. 11 remarks in the course of the Ken Starr Lecture Sequence at McLennan Group Faculty in Waco, Texas. Kavanaugh was on the authorized staff when Starr was an impartial counsel investigating former President Invoice Clinton. Starr, a former federal decide and president of Baylor College, died in 2022.
Kavanaugh spoke as protesters outdoors criticized the Supreme Court docket for rulings favoring President Donald Trump. Kavanaugh emphasised, nevertheless, that the framers prevented focus of energy in anybody particular person or group of individuals, in line with the AP and one other Regulation.com story.
“The framers acknowledged in a method that I feel is good, that preserving liberty requires separating the ability,” Kavanaugh stated.
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