Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) boards lub elevator tom qab taug kev hauv pem teb ntawm US Senate tom qab ib tug yob hu mus pov npav kom ua tiav qhov kev xaiv tsa ntawm Tus Kws Txiav Txim Samuel Alito rau US Tsev Hais Plaub Siab tshaj 72 txog 25 Lub Ib Hlis 30, 2006 hauv Washington , DC.
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, uas tau sau feem ntau cov tswv yim lub caij ntuj sov no overturning txoj cai rho menyuam cov ntaub ntawv Roe v. Wade, tau lees paub rau Sen. Ted Kennedy thaum xyoo 2005 tias nws tau suav tias yog lub hauv paus tseem ceeb ntawm kev cai lij choj rau Roe kom "tshem tawm," tsab ntawv ceeb toom tshiab qhia tawm.
"Kuv yog ib tug ntseeg nyob rau hauv precedents," tus saib xyuas Alito hais rau Kennedy, lub liberal Massachusetts Democratic senator sau nyob rau hauv nws phau ntawv teev ntuj thaum lub Kaum Ib Hlis 2005, Lub New York Times tau tshaj tawm.
“Kuv ntseeg tias muaj txoj cai ntiag tug. Kuv xav tias nws tau txiav txim raws li ib feem ntawm txoj kev ywj pheej ntawm 14th Amendment thiab Fifth Amendment," Alito tau hais, raws li phau ntawv teev npe.
“Yog li kuv paub tias muaj txoj cai ntiag tug. Kuv yog ib tug ntseeg nyob rau hauv precedents. Kuv xav txog rooj plaub Roe uas yog hais txog qhov kuv tuaj yeem mus tau, "Alito hais rau Kennedy, tus neeg tiv thaiv tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm txoj cai rho menyuam uas tuag xyoo 2009.
Cov lus hais tau ua raws li Alito tab tom nrhiav Senate kev lees paub rau lub tsev hais plaub thaum mus ntsib Kennedy lub chaw haujlwm, sau John Farrell hauv Times tsab ntawv ceeb toom. Farrell's phau ntawv tshiab, "Ted Kennedy: Lub Neej," uas muaj cov ntsiab lus ntawm cov ntawv teev npe nkag, tau tshaj tawm hnub Tuesday.
Qhov kev txiav txim siab xyoo 1973 hauv Roe tau tsim thawj zaug uas muaj kev cai lij choj ntawm tsoomfwv txoj cai rho menyuam.
Roe tau ua raws li kev txiav txim siab hauv tsev hais plaub siab ua ntej, Griswold v. Connecticut, uas xyoo 1965 pom tias muaj txoj cai lij choj rau kev ua txij ua nkawm tsis pub lwm tus paub, nyob rau hauv rooj plaub muaj feem xyuam rau cov txij nkawm tau raug txwv tsis pub siv kev tswj kev yug menyuam.
Cov neeg saib xyuas tau ntau xyoo tau tawm tsam Roe raws li qhov tsis zoo, ib feem nrog kev sib cav hais tias Txoj Cai Lij Choj tsis qhia meej meej tias cov tib neeg muaj txoj cai ntiag tug, tsawg dua ib qho kev rho menyuam.
Associate Justice Samuel Alito ua yeeb yam thaum lub sij hawm ib pab pawg duab ntawm Kev Ncaj Ncees ntawm Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Siab hauv Washington, Plaub Hlis 23, 2021.
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Thaum nws ntsib Alito, Kennedy tsis ntseeg tus kws txiav txim plaub, uas yog tus kws lij choj hauv Lub Tsev Haujlwm Saib Xyuas Kev Ncaj Ncees thaum lub sijhawm Reagan tswj hwm tau sau ib tsab ntawv sau tseg hauv 1985 uas tau sau tseg tias nws tawm tsam Roe.
"Tus Kws Txiav Txim Alito tau lees paub Mr. Kennedy tias nws yuav tsum tsis txhob muab cov khoom lag luam ntau hauv cov ntawv sau cia," Times tau tshaj tawm.
"Nws tau nrhiav kev nce qib thiab sau qhov nws xav tias nws cov thawj coj xav hnov. Tus Kws Txiav Txim Alito hais tias 'Kuv yog ib tug hluas. 'Kuv twb matured ntau.' “
Alito kuj tau hais tias nws qhov kev xav ntawm Roe tau txiav txim siab yuam kev yog "tus kheej," raws li Kennedy phau ntawv teev npe.
"Cov no yog tus kheej," Alito hais tias, Kennedy sau rau hauv phau ntawv teev npe. "Tab sis kuv muaj lub luag haujlwm ntawm kev cai lij choj thiab cov uas yuav yog qhov kev txiav txim siab."
Txawm hais tias qhov kev lees paub ntawd, Kennedy tau pov npav tawm tsam kev lees paub Alito rau Tsev Hais Plaub Siab.
Alito tsis tau xa rov qab daim ntawv thov xa mus rau Lub Tsev Hais Plaub Qib Siab lub chaw haujlwm xov xwm nrhiav kev tawm tswv yim ntawm Times tsab xov xwm.
Thaum Lub Xya Hli, Alito tau sau qhov kev txiav txim siab feem ntau hauv rooj plaub Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, uas tau thim rov qab ob qho tib si Roe thiab lwm qhov xwm txheej tseem ceeb rho menyuam tawm, Planned Parenthood v. Casey, uas tau txiav txim siab xyoo 1992.
Alito tau sau tias "Roe tau ua txhaum loj heev los ntawm qhov pib,"
"Nws qhov kev xav tsis muaj zog tshwj xeeb, thiab qhov kev txiav txim siab tau ua rau muaj kev puas tsuaj. Thiab deb ntawm kev ua kom muaj kev daws teeb meem hauv lub tebchaws ntawm qhov teeb meem rho menyuam, Roe thiab Casey tau ua rau muaj kev sib cav sib ceg thiab sib faib sib sib zog nqus," nws sau, sau tseg tias cov xwm txheej "yuav tsum tau txiav txim siab dhau."
"Txoj Cai Lij Choj tsis hais txog kev rho menyuam tawm, thiab tsis muaj txoj cai ntawd raug tiv thaiv los ntawm ib qho kev cai lij choj kev cai lij choj, suav nrog ib qho uas cov neeg tiv thaiv ntawm Roe thiab Casey tam sim no vam khom tseem ceeb - Cov Txheej Txheem Txheej Txheem Cai ntawm Kev Hloov Kho Plaub Hlis," nws sau.
Nws yog qhov kev hloov kho, 14th, uas Alito tshaj tawm tau hais rau Kennedy yuav luag 17 xyoo dhau los tsim txoj cai ntiag tug.
Tab sis Alito txoj kev xav hauv Dobbs tau hais tias kev rho menyuam tawm yog "qhov txawv txav" txoj cai tshaj li cov xws li "kev sib deev sib raug zoo, kev tiv thaiv, thiab kev sib yuav," vim "nws ua rau ... 'fetal life."
Qhov kev txiav txim Dobbs txhais tau hais tias ib lub xeev yuav rov muaj txoj cai txwv nruj lossis txwv tsis pub rho menyuam, lossis tso cai rau nws nrog kev txwv tsis pub dhau.
Kev rho menyuam tau raug txwv ntau hauv tsawg kawg 13 lub xeev txij li Dobbs tau tshaj tawm.
Hauv kev pom zoo nrog Dobbs, Alito tus khub saib xyuas, Kev Ncaj Ncees Clarence Thomas, tau sau tias lwm qhov kev txiav txim siab tseem ceeb los ntawm lub tsev hais plaub uas tsim cov cai gay thiab txoj cai tswj kev xeeb tub yuav tsum tau rov hais dua tam sim no tias Roe tau raug pov tseg.
Thomas tau hais hauv nws txoj kev xav tias cov kev txiav txim no "yog qhov kev txiav txim siab yuam kev."
Cov xwm txheej uas nws hais yog Griswold v. Connecticut; Lawrence v. Texas, uas xyoo 2003 tau tsim txoj cai los koom nrog kev sib deev ntiag tug; thiab 2015 kev txiav txim nyob rau hauv Obergefell v. Hodges, uas tau hais tias muaj cai rau tib-poj niam txiv neej sib yuav.
Thomas tau sau tseg tias tag nrho cov kev txiav txim siab no yog raws li kev txhais lus ntawm cov txheej txheem tsim nyog ntawm 14th Amendment.
Nws tau sau tias tsab cai lij choj tau lees paub tsuas yog "txheej txheem" rau kev tshem tawm ib tus neeg ntawm lub neej, kev ywj pheej lossis khoom siv tsis tuaj yeem siv "los txhais cov ntsiab lus ntawm cov cai."
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/24/supreme-court-justice-samuel-alito-assured-kennedy-on-abortion-rights.html