Despite shared N.J. backgrounds, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez opposed Samuel Alito's nomination after he refused to say the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision was established law.
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., left, greets Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, center, and his aide, former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats, right, prior to their meeting on Capitol Hill in January 2006.When U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez first met with Samuel A. Alito Jr. after the fellow Jerseyan and conservative judge was nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in 2006, the newly sworn-in Democratic senator expressed concerns over his views on abortion.
“I am unsettled he is not willing to say Roe is settled law,” said Menendez, an abortion rights supporter, following a meeting that year with Alito in the wake of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee. Here we are. Every woman’s autonomy is on the line. This decision will impact all of us as Republicans weaponize this to erode more and more of our rights over time.
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