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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,043 posts)
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 10:49 PM Oct 2018

Brett Kavanaugh Cannot Have It Both Ways

Brett Kavanaugh and I differ on most fundamental questions of constitutional law. Nevertheless, as a former dean of the institution where he received his law degree, I have withheld comment on the merits of his appointment. I am proud of the rich diversity of views that Yale Law School has produced.

Over the past decade, Kavanaugh has been a casual acquaintance. He seemed a gentle, quiet, reserved man, always solicitous of the dignity of his position as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. It was therefore with something approaching unbelief that I heard his speech after Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony.

With calculation and skill, Kavanaugh stoked the fires of partisan rage and male entitlement. He had apparently concluded that the only way he could rally Republican support was by painting himself as the victim of a political hit job. He therefore offered a witches’ brew of vicious unfounded charges, alleging that Democratic members of the Senate Judicial Committee were pursuing a vendetta on behalf of the Clintons. If we expect judges to reach conclusions based solely on reliable evidence, Kavanaugh’s savage and bitter attack demonstrated exactly the opposite sensibility.

I was shell-shocked. This was not the Brett Kavanaugh I thought I knew. Having come so close to confirmation, Kavanaugh apparently cared more about his promotion than about preserving the dignity of the Supreme Court he aspired to join. Even if he sought to defend his honor as a husband and father, his unbalanced rantings about political persecution were so utterly inconsistent with the dispassionate temperament we expect from judges that one had to conclude that he had chosen ambition over professionalism.

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/06/kavanaugh-confirmation-temperament-yale-dean-221086

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Brett Kavanaugh Cannot Have It Both Ways (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2018 OP
He is a sexual predator and a liar. Iliyah Oct 2018 #1
Fuck Brett Kavanaugh and everyone who supports him. ZZenith Oct 2018 #2
Both ways? He has it every way. manor321 Oct 2018 #3
This incursion will not stand... czarjak Oct 2018 #7
Consider the source of the "..evil people..".. The Cha Oct 2018 #10
That's the truth, Cha! BlancheSplanchnik Oct 2018 #12
Hey, Aloha Blanche! Cha Oct 2018 #13
Many blackout drunks are Jekyl Hydes. That rant disqualifies Kav for many SCOTUS cases IMHO OhNo-Really Oct 2018 #4
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde... BigmanPigman Oct 2018 #5
Good essay! burrowowl Oct 2018 #6
This is one of the best articles I've read about Kavanaugh. Control-Z Oct 2018 #8
BartK was like a fox "news" commentator up there for Cha Oct 2018 #9
Apparently he can. Solly Mack Oct 2018 #11
 

manor321

(3,344 posts)
3. Both ways? He has it every way.
Mon Oct 8, 2018, 11:05 PM
Oct 2018

He's now a Supreme Court Justice for the rest of his life.

And today the President of the United States says he was proved innocent and was attacked by evil people.

That's where we are.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
13. Hey, Aloha Blanche!
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 09:17 PM
Oct 2018

That's the bottom line.. trump is from the 666th circle of hell. Of course he's going to lash out spewing "evil" epithets at the Angels.

That would be us

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
8. This is one of the best articles I've read about Kavanaugh.
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 03:14 AM
Oct 2018

Thank you for posting it. I really need to hear what respectable people, outside of DU, are saying.

Cha

(297,323 posts)
9. BartK was like a fox "news" commentator up there for
Tue Oct 9, 2018, 04:24 AM
Oct 2018

fucking all the world to see.

Lashing out 'cause of his own little persecution complex like a stupid frat boy

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