At Wednesday's third and final
presidential debate, Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton cited
marriage equality when asked about her goals for Supreme Court
appointments.
Clinton said that she would pick
justices who would defend women's rights, support Obergefell v.
Hodges and Roe v. Wade and reverse the Citizens United
decision.
“It is important that we not reverse
marriage equality, that we not reverse Roe v. Wade, that we
stand up against Citizens United, we stand up for the rights of
people in the workplace, that we stand up and basically say: The
Supreme Court should represent all of us,” Clinton said. “That's
how I see the court and the kind of people that I would be looking to
nominate to the court would be in the great tradition of standing up
to the powerful, standing up on behalf of our rights as Americans.”
Donald Trump, the GOP nominee, said
that he would appoint justices who would reverse Roe v. Wade and
support the right to bear arms.
Elsewhere in the debate, Trump attacked
the Clinton Foundation, the charity run by Hillary and Bill Clinton,
by asking Clinton to give back the money donated by countries such as
Saudi Arabia and Qatar, which he accused of pushing “gays off
buildings” and treating women “horribly.” While there have
been reports of terrorist groups in the Middle East such as ISIS
throwing gay people off buildings to their deaths, governments are
not carrying out the murders. And it should be noted that Trump has
had business dealings with the Saudis.