The conservative and pro-life movement has a historic opportunity to reshape the court for generations by filling the current vacancy with a justice who will rule based on the “written text of the Constitution” and not their personal views, U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley said Tuesday.
Speaking to a virtual Values Voter Summit, Hawley (R-Mo.) said Republican presidents in the past often have not lived up to their promises to nominate conservative justices. President Trump, he added, is the “first president of my lifetime who has said, straight up, ‘I’m gonna nominate pro-life judges.’”
The vacancy was created when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who supported Roe v. Wade, died Friday.
“This is a turning-point moment,” Hawley said. “…. We’ve got an opportunity here as conservatives – those of us who believe in the right to life, those of us who believe in religious liberty. This is a moment where we’ll be able to shape the future of this court for decades to come.”
The current Supreme Court, Hawley said, “has made it all too clear that we do not have a working pro-Constitution majority.”
“We do not have a working pro-family, pro-life majority on the United States Supreme Court,” Hawley said. “This is the chance to get one.”
Hawley and Family Research Council President Tony Perkins referenced past GOP Supreme Court nominees who have not ruled the way…
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