During Brett Kavanaugh s Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 2018, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) pressed him on whether he believed Roe v. Wade , the 1973 decision affirming a womans right to an abortion , was settled precedent.

The decision was settled as a precedent of the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh said, and was entitled the respect under principles of stare decisis, a judicial concept that favors the continuation of established precedent.

Kavanaugh went further, noting that Planned Parenthood v. Casey, a 1992 decision reaffirming abortion rights, amounted to a precedent on precedent.

I understand the importance of the issue. I understand the importance that people attach to the Roe v. Wade decision, to the Planned Parenthood v. Casey decision, he said. I do not live in a bubble. I understand. I live in the real world. I understand the importance of the issue.

But Kavanaugh now has reversed himself. And he isnt alone.

Kavanaugh joined Justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett in overturning both the Roe and Casey decisions .

The courts 5-1-3 opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Womens Health Organization harshly illustrates the incredible phoniness of the judicial nomination process.

Kavanaugh isnt the only justice to claim to understand the importance of upholding longstanding precedents like those granting abortion rights and then move to overturn them.