During her time in private practice, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson advocated against reportedly peaceful pro-life protesters' First Amendment rights.
In this case, their right to share their belief in the sanctity of human life.
A press release from Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans explains:
In private practice, Judge Jackson advocated against pro-life advocates' First Amendment right to express respect for the sanctity of life.
- Three pro-life womenย challengedย a Massachusetts law that banned them from offering counseling and distributing leaflets outside of abortion clinics.
- A federal district court sided with them,ย statingย that First Amendment rights ensure โ[p]ro-life advocates who firmly believe that abortion remains a grave moral evil must be given as equal an opportunity as their opponentsโ to express their message.
- Judge Jackson disagreed, arguing for pro-abortion groups that the women and the group they were a part of were โaย hostile, noisy crowd of โin-your-face' protestors.โ
- Here's a picture of the group she's referring to:ย
- Here's a picture of one of the plaintiffs in McGuire v. Reilly:ย
- ย Needless to say, Judge Jackson lost. The Supreme Court ultimately struck down the Massachusetts law asย unconstitutionalย (holding that the law burdened pro-life advocates' free speech rights substantially more than was necessary to further the government's interest in maintaining public safety).ย
At every turn,ย Judge Jackson ensured Planned Parenthood and anti-life groups were able to receive funding from taxpayers.
- The Obama administration awarded federal funds to over 80 nonprofit organizations, targeting these funds at abortion providers that marketed their services to teenage girls.ย
- The Trump administration tried to stop tax dollars from being sent to group providing abortions to teenagers.
- Anti-life groups sued and, in each of the cases Judge Jackson heard on the issue, she ruled in favor of the abortion provider:
- Judge Jackson denied a motion from the Trump administration,ย allowing the abortion providerย Healthy Futures of Texas to sue for federal fundingย
- Judge Jackson also granted Healthy Future of Texas' request to certify aย class action lawsuitย against the Trump administrationย
- Judge Jacksonย ruled againstย the Trump administration in another case, stating that cutting off federal abortion funds was arbitraryย ย
The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions ofย American Liberty News.
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Oh my, they are such scary looking people.