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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums900+ Law Profs Say Kavanaugh Lacks 'Judicial Temperament,' in Letter to Senate
https://www.law.com/2018/10/03/900-law-profs-say-kavanaugh-lacks-judicial-temperament-in-letter-to-senate/Close to 1,000 law professors across the country have signed a letter to the U.S. Senate stating that Brett Kavanaugh lacks the judicial temperament necessary for a seat on the U.S. Supreme Court.
We regret that we feel compelled to write to you to provide our views that at the Senate hearings on Thursday, September 27, 2018, the Honorable Brett Kavanaugh displayed a lack of judicial temperament that would be disqualifying for any court, and certainly for elevation to the highest court of this land, the letter reads.
The list of signatories is growing by the hour, and organizers plan to send the letter to senators on Thursday. As of Wednesday morning, 907 professors from 154 law schools had signed on. They included University of California, Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky; former Harvard Law Dean Martha Minow; legal ethics expert and Stanford Law professor Deborah Rhode; and multiple professors from Kavanaughs alma mater, Yale Law School, and Harvard Law School, where the nominee has taught a winter course for a decade. (Kavanaugh announced Monday that he will not teach at Harvard Law this January as planned, after student and alumni protests.) Other signers include City University of New York School of Law Dean Mary Lu Bilek; Georgetown University Law Center professor Deborah Epstein; five professors from the University of Texas School of Law; and at least 14 members of the University of Miami School of Law faculty.
A separate group of 660 female law professor are also planning to send their own letter to the the Senate Thursday, arguing that Kavanaugh cannot be impartial and that he was especially condescending toward women senators during his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week.
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900+ Law Profs Say Kavanaugh Lacks 'Judicial Temperament,' in Letter to Senate (Original Post)
fleur-de-lisa
Oct 2018
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triron
(22,023 posts)1. I laud their effort. But alas it will probably be in vain.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)5. but, Kavanaugh has Orly Taitz in his corner
so, that will counterbalance the 900+
malaise
(269,193 posts)2. K & R
Important
Brother Buzz
(36,471 posts)3. Whoa, it was, like, 600 just the other day
Or maybe I am confusing it with the female law professor story.
demmiblue
(36,898 posts)4. I don't think you are... I remember reading about 500 professors yesterday.