Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a lifelong Republican, told a small crowd in..

[demmiblue]

Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, a lifelong Republican, told a small crowd in Boca Raton that Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s performance at confirmation hearings should disqualify him. “The Senators should pay attention to this.”

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[malaise]

1. Any sane person agrees

Rec

[SunSeeker]

2. K & R

[Roland99]

3. GrOPers just Don't Care

[JHan]

4. K & R

[Calista241]

5. it's going to suck reading the articles about Kavanaugh sitting up there in the place

of an associate justice. I may have to take a break from everything on Monday.

[JHan]

6. "I told you so"

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/04/28/i-told-you-so-4

"Unlike the other retired Justices, Sandra Day O’Connor and David Souter, Stevens has kept up a running commentary on the decisions of his successors. He finds much to criticize, especially in the work of George W. Bush’s two appointees. “Sam Alito replacing Justice O’Connor was a very significant change,” he said. “He is much more conservative. And, as for John Roberts, he is much more in the direction of protecting the rights of very rich people to donate money to campaigns than Bill Rehnquist ever was.” Stevens promises that the critiques will continue, even as he makes some concessions to the realities of life in his tenth decade. “Now when I go for my swim in the ocean every day, I make sure that someone is there with me,” he said. “I can always get into the ocean, but sometimes I need help getting out.

[demmiblue]

7. TRL (to read later). n/t

[Julian Englis]

8. Link to palm Beach Post story on this

https://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/retired-supreme-court-justice-kavanaugh-does-not-belong-high-court/aXEO6XTeiF8OECimtNxpjJ/

Retired Supreme Court Justice: Kavanaugh does not belong on high court

BOCA RATON —
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens on Thursday said that high court nominee Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, who Stevens once lauded in one of his books, does not belong on the Supreme Court.

Speaking to a crowd of retirees in Boca Raton, Stevens, 98, said Kavanaugh’s performance during a recent Senate confirmation hearing suggested that he lacks the temperament for the job.

Stevens, a lifelong Republican who is known for falling on the liberal side of several judicial rulings, praised Kavanaugh and one of his rulings on a political contribution case in the 2014 book “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution.”

“At that time, I thought (Kavanaugh) had the qualifications for the Supreme Court should he be selected,” Stevens said. “I’ve changed my views for reasons that have no relationship to his intellectual ability … I feel his performance in the hearings ultimately changed my mind.”

[OhNo-Really]

9. A voice of reason. Thank you Justice Stevens

[47of74]

10. Of course the Republican senators are falling over each other to do fuck face's bidding.

[ehrnst]

11. This quote particularly chilled me:

"I spent a lot of time this weekend thinking about Oliver Cromwell’s famous letter to the Church of Scotland in which he implored, “I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.” I also spent some time with Learned Hand’s similar maxim, “The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.” We all need to think it possible that we may be mistaken; we all need to be not too sure that we are right."

[hlthe2b]

12. By all rights, THIS, plus the 1700+ law professors who signed the NYT op ed opposing Kav, OUGHT

to get us the votes to defeat him. OUGHT to-- it is incredible "cover", but will it?

[Scurrilous]

13. K&R