Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark A. Milley, right, speaks with U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justices Brett M. Kavanaugh, Neil M. Gorsuch, Elena Kagan and Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. at the State of the Union address Tuesday evening, Feb. 4, 2020, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen)
During a Thursday, September 11 speech at McLennan Community College in Waco, Texas, conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh praised the United States' system of checks and balances and the Framers of the U.S. Constitution.
Kavanaugh, appearing at an event in remembrance of attorney Kenneth Starr, told attendees, "And the Framers recognized, in a way that I think is brilliant, that preserving liberty requires separating the power. No one person or group of people should have too much power in our system."
But across the street from McLennan Community College, according to Sherman, a group of protesters argued that Kavanaugh doesn't practice what he preaches.
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One of the protesters, J.W. LaStrape — who heads the Baylor University Democrats — criticized Kavanaugh and other GOP-appointed justices for being way too deferential to Trump.
LaStrape told the Associated Press (AP), "Basically, the Supreme Court has handed the country to Trump."
One of the protesters held a sign that read, "BK: Trump Flunky." Another protester displayed a sign that read, "Shame on You. No One is Above the Law."
The protesters noted that Kavanaugh was part of the majority in the controversial Trump v. the United States ruling, which said that U.S. presidents enjoy "absolute immunity" from criminal prosecution for "official" acts in the White House but not for "unofficial" acts.
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