'There are great relations among all nine justices both personally and professionally. We only get tough cases and we disagree on some of those. I think that's more nuanced than it is sometimes portrayed,' Justice Kavanaugh said.
The court in its previous term, which ended in June, faced sharp criticism for several rulings, most notably the decision to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade precedent, which found that there was a constitutional right to abortion.
"There are great relations among all nine justices both personally and professionally. We only get tough cases, and we disagree on some of those. I think that's more nuanced than it is sometimes portrayed," he said. Kavanaugh had special praise for the late liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the recently retired liberal Justice Stephen Breyer and Breyer’s successor, the liberal Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, saying she “has hit the ground running" and is"thoroughly prepared."
Ginsburg and Breyer"couldn't have been better at welcoming me to the court," Kavanaugh said, referring to his nomination by then-President Donald Trump in 2018. He joined the court after having barely survived a Senate confirmation process in which he faced accusations of sexual misconduct dating back decades, all of which he denied.
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