The GOP lawmaker said he wants a justice who won't be an “activist” and won't “legislate from the bench.” Braun said such judicial activism includes the ...
When it comes down to whatever they are, I’m going to say they’re not going to all make you happy within a given state. “I think if you’re not wanting the Supreme Court to weigh in on issues like that, you’re not going to be able to have your cake and eat it, too. I think that’s hypocritical,” Braun said.
Republican Sen. Mike Braun criticized the 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage throughout the country - then quickly walked back ...
This is a modal window. This is a modal window. “That’s the beauty of the system.” Braun began by first criticizing the 1973 Roe v. “When you want that diversity to shine within our federal system, there are going to be rules and proceedings. Braun (R-Ind.) made the incendiary comments during a press conference Tuesday with reporters from his home state.
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“I misunderstood a line of questioning that ended up being about interracial marriage,” Braun said. Connecticut, the 1965 decision that ruled that the Constitution protected the marital right to contraception. When you want that diversity to shine within our federal system, there are going to be rules, and proceedings, that are going to be out of sync with maybe what other states would do. Wade. “That issue should have never been federalized, [it was] way out of sync I think with the contour of America then,” Braun said. In an interview with reporters on Tuesday, Indiana senator Mike Braun kicked things off by saying that the Supreme Court never should have established the national right to an abortion via Roe v. That claim obviously has no basis in reality and if you’d like a recent example proving as much—aside from the dog whistle attacks on the first Black woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court, the disproportionate police brutality against Black people, and the absolute hysteria over the letters “CRT”—boy, do we have one for you!
Republican Sen. Mike Braun told reporters that the Supreme Court should leave decisions on interracial marriage, abortion and contraception to the states.
“When it comes down to whatever they are, I’m going to say that they’re not going to all make you happy within a given state, but that we’re better off having states manifest their points of view rather than homogenizing it across the country, as Roe v. “I think that’s hypocritical.” “That issue should have never been federalized, [it was] way out of sync I think with the contour of America then,” he said.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) on Tuesday expressed — and then walked back — opposition to the Supreme Court ruling that legalized interracial marriage.
“So I think this would be bringing it back to a neutral point to where that issue should have never been federalized way out of sync, I think, with the contour of America then. Quit trying to put the federal government in charge of not only things like we did navigating through COVID recently, where I think that was misguided, but in general. “When you want that diversity to shine within our federal system, there are going to be rules and proceedings. I think that's hypocritical,” he said. “This should be something where the expression of individual states are able to weigh in on these issues, through their own legislation, through their own court systems. Wade decision that enshrined abortion rights.
Mike Braun of Indiana told reporters that the Supreme Court was wrong to strike down state laws that banned Black and white Americans from wedding.
“I think that that’s something that if you’re not wanting the Supreme Court to weigh in on issues like that, you’re not going to be able to have your cake and eat it too. Connecticut, the case where the court struck down laws barring contraception, he says that regardless of the issue, he pretty much always believes states should have the right to “manifest their points of view” (because we all talk like Instagram influencers now). To his credit, Braun is being extremely clear and consistent. The first time the reporter asks him about interracial marriage, he says “you can’t have it both ways” when it comes to states’ rights, and that “diversity” is the “beauty of the system.” The second time he’s asked if the court should have let states determine whether or not to ban Black and white Americans from being wed, he says “yes.” Finally, asked about Griswold v. So no, I think this takes it back to a point where it should have never gotten beyond in the first place. I’m going to say that they’re not all going to make you happy within a given state, but we’re better off states manifest their points of view rather than homogenizing it across the country as Roe v. This puts it back to a point where, like most of these issues, where one side of the aisle wants to homogenize it federally, it’s not the right way to do it.
Braun later released a statement saying there's "no question that the Constitution prohibits discrimination of any kind based on race."
He repeated the long-held conservative belief that the Supreme Court went too far in its 1973 decision and that some issues are best left up to individual states, adding that it would be "hypocritical" for conservatives to suggest otherwise. Braun was initially asked whether the current Supreme Court would be practicing "judicial activism" if it overturned Roe v. It's the beauty of the system and that's where the differences among our 50 states in points of view ought to express themselves."
Specifically, he would welcome the Supreme Court rescinding the 1967 Loving v. Virginia ruling that legalized interracial marriage nationwide and the 1973 ...
Braun went on to reject the Supreme Court's unanimous reasoning that the freedom to marry is a fundamental constitutional right, and said it would be fine if a marriage is recognized in one state and not another. Braun later tried to at least partly take back his comments, saying he misunderstood what was being asked about Loving v. During a conference call with journalists on Tuesday, Braun began talking about the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, and told a reporter from Indiana's The Times newspaper that there are several Supreme Court decisions he thinks should have been handled by states.