Thread by @nonilex

Who Is Scott Stewart, the Lawyer Representing Missouri in Abortion Case?

Scott Stewart, the lawyer representing Mississippi, was at the center of a 2017 abortion controversy.

By @GiuliaHeyward
⁦@nytimes⁩
nytimes.com/2021/12/01/us/…

“When a pregnant, undocumented 17-yr-old staying in a fed refugee shelter in TX sought an abortion in 2017, it was the job of Scott Stewart, then a @TheJusticeDept lawyer, to help defend the ultimatum issued by the Trump admin: go through w/the pregnancy — or leave the country.

“The girl had obtained a court order allowing her to have the procedure, but the govt was preventing her from leaving the shelter for the appt. That decision, Mr. Stewart argued, did not create an undue burden on the minor. ‘She can get relief w/ voluntary departure,’ he argued.

“A federal judge, declaring herself ‘astounded’ by the argument, disagreed & ordered the government to allow the minor to go through with the abortion.”

Scott Stewart is the jackass arguing to overturn #RoeVWade
#SCOTUS

Kavanaugh literally argued on behalf of the SAME LAWYER — Scott Stewart — in Garza v. Hargan, at a minimum, in a normal court, he should have recused himself from Dobbs.

cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opini…
#ScotusStench

Per @RuthMarcus
“Just because you know an advocate before the court or have previously ruled on a case that the lawyer was involved in, that doesn't come close to rising to the level of requiring recusal.”

Ok in a run-of-the-mill case. Garza was an assault on women & refugees.