Kavanaugh dismays conservatives by dodging pro-Trump election lawsuits
Posted on AllSides March 1st, 2021
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Justice Brett Kavanaugh dismayed conservatives this week when he cast what appears to be the deciding vote preventing the Supreme Court from taking up pro-Trump election lawsuits.
Kavanaugh’s apparent break with the court’s three staunchest conservatives — Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch — seemed to catch his colleagues by surprise, and provoked ire among some on the political right who viewed the move as an act of betrayal.
Thomas in a dissent said he was “befuddled” by the court’s reluctance to take up the disputes, given that...