"Kavanaugh's inability to address whether he considers Roe v Wade to be a law he would not overturn is consistent with how justices have handled hot button issues in the past so that's not particularly unusual and perhaps it's appropriate," Karen Breslin, a Political Science Instructor told Anne Trujillo. "But on the other hand, we're at this historical moment where they now have substantial votes to overturn whether a woman has a right -- or reject the idea that a woman has a right -- to an abortion, so a lot is at stake with this nomination."

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