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DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 10:36 PM Oct 2018

More Than 500 Law Professors Condemn Kavanaugh For 'Lack Of Judicial Temperament'

523 law professors signed the letter.

More than 500 law professors from nearly 100 law schools around the nation have signed a letter to the U.S. Senate to say that the volatile temperament Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh displayed on Thursday as he testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee disqualifies him from sitting on the nation’s highest 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 says.

The letter is signed by many high-profile law professors, including eight from Yale Law School, where Kavanaugh obtained his law degree. The letter remains open for additional signatures through Thursday, when it will be presented to the Senate.

The legal experts fault Kavanaugh for failing to remain open to the necessary search for truth after being accused of sexually assaulting a girl when he was a teen and instead becoming “repeatedly aggressive with questioners.” The signees also criticize the judge for indicating that he believes allegations made by professor Christine Blasey Ford and other women are “a calculated and orchestrated political hit” by members of the Democratic Party rather than acknowledging that the Senate must try to understand and investigate the facts surrounding the allegations.

Much more at the link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-500-law-professors-condemn-010208585.html
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More Than 500 Law Professors Condemn Kavanaugh For 'Lack Of Judicial Temperament' (Original Post) DesertRat Oct 2018 OP
Repukes are deaf and blind to any condemnation of Kavanaugh. triron Oct 2018 #1
Yes! republicans have no moral compass joshdawg Oct 2018 #11
This is great !! donkeypoofed Oct 2018 #2
Hello!!! It's about effing time!!!!! lindysalsagal Oct 2018 #3
KR! Cha Oct 2018 #4
they will be ignored. sadly. they will be ignored. spanone Oct 2018 #5
K & R. appalachiablue Oct 2018 #6
I keep thinking of the phrase "sober as a judge" Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #7
I'll never think of the phrase in the same way again DesertRat Oct 2018 #9
I like your new sig gif, LOL Rhiannon12866 Oct 2018 #12
That opening was brilliant! DesertRat Oct 2018 #16
... Lucinda Oct 2018 #8
Kavanaught is drinking beer tonight and feeling angry Demovictory9 Oct 2018 #10
Kick dalton99a Oct 2018 #13
Just sayin' FakeNoose Oct 2018 #14
+1 DesertRat Oct 2018 #15

joshdawg

(2,651 posts)
11. Yes! republicans have no moral compass
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 01:05 AM
Oct 2018

and are ethically challenged, therefore; they will confirm kavanaugh for the Supreme Court.
They are giving the middle finger to ALL Americans...............and they don't care.

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
2. This is great !!
Tue Oct 2, 2018, 10:39 PM
Oct 2018

Sadly the Repukelicans will confirm him anyways. They're being told to by their billionaire overlords.

Rhiannon12866

(206,140 posts)
7. I keep thinking of the phrase "sober as a judge"
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 12:40 AM
Oct 2018

Definitely not appropriate in his case - not to mention the impartiality necessary for that vocation.

Rhiannon12866

(206,140 posts)
12. I like your new sig gif, LOL
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 01:06 AM
Oct 2018

That SNL opening was absolutely brilliant! I had a TV in my room in Vermont and was able to catch it! The old friend who I stayed with really enjoyed it too! She lives in Vermont now and I've stayed with her a few times, but I never realized before that she doesn't have a TV! She lives on a dirt road off a dirt road - officially in a town that's so small it's easy to miss - beautiful house with a pond and a barn on her property, but I wonder if they even have cable available in so remote an outpost.

We also watched Lawrence O'Donnell on Friday night and she was glued to it - she said she recognized some of the voices from the radio - guess that's how she gets her news, though she does have a computer. She's definitely "one of us," as all my childhood friends turned out to be, and I suggested she access DU so she can at least catch the videos. I played one of my Colbert video OPs for her too and she loved it!

DesertRat

(27,995 posts)
16. That opening was brilliant!
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 11:44 AM
Oct 2018

I'll admit I've watched it multiple times and laughed every time. I think it was cathartic after the emotional hearings.

It sounds like you had a lovely weekend! Glad you could turn your friend on to some progressive shows! Hopefully she'll be joining us here on DU.

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