Jesuits, Legal Institutions Back Away From Kavanaugh Vote

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Source: Associated Press

7 hrs. ago.

WASHINGTON -- Educational, legal and religious institutions important to the life of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have come out with calls to either delay or outright cancel the confirmation process.

The calls from the dean of Yale Law School, the president of the American Bar Association, and the magazine of the Jesuit religious order come as the Senate wrestles with how to proceed with the Kavanaugh nomination in the face of allegations of sexual assault.

The most recent of these calls came from Yale, Kavanaugh's alma mater for both undergraduate studies and law school. Heather Gerken, dean of the Yale Law School, called Friday for a delay pending additional investigations into allegations against Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct in both high school and college. Proceeding with the confirmation without those investigations would be against "the best interest of the court or our profession," Gerken wrote.

Gerken's statement follows the ABA's call for a delay. In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee released Thursday, ABA President Robert Carlson said the vote on Kavanaugh should proceed "only after an appropriate background check into the allegations ... is completed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation."

Carlson argued that a lifetime appointment to the high court "is simply too important to rush to a vote."...More...


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Earlier this month, the ABA's Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary gave its highest rating of "well-qualified" to Kavanaugh. Committee member Paul T. Moxley said in a statement to the Judiciary Committee that Kavanaugh, "enjoys an excellent reputation for integrity and is a person of outstanding character."

Kavanaugh and others had cited the ABA's high regard of Kavanaugh as proof of his professional and moral bona fides.

The Jesuits took an even stronger stance. Following Thursday's testimony by Kavanaugh and his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, the magazine of the Jesuit religious order in the U.S. publicly withdrew its endorsement of Kavanaugh. An editorial in America Magazine declared that "this nomination is no longer in the best interests of the country."

Kavanaugh was a student at Georgetown Preparatory School, a Jesuit high school, when the alleged assault took place.

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[Mc Mike]

1. Ironic to have to tell the brainy Jesuits to 'wise up'.

The nomination was never in the best interests of the country, editors.

[olegramps]

2. Running a school charging $40-$60 a year wouldn't seem to be what Jesus had in mind.

[Retrograde]

3. Teachers like to get paid

and to work in schools with modern amenities like roofs that don't leak, and heat in the winter.

I talked to someone who was on the board for a local Catholic primary school: she claimed it cost the school about $30K per pupil per year. Since most of the students came from a nearby largely Hispanic neighborhood and couldn't afford to pay that much, the school was constantly looking for ways to raise money to offset their much reduced fees. Schools aren't exactly a profit center.

And Kavanaugh is still a revolting waste of protoplasm that no sentient being should want on any court.

[olegramps]

6. That is why we have a public school system that the religious right is destroying.

The public school system was created in order that a person doesn't have to be wealthy to attend school. Kind of the American dream. If people think the public school system isn't doing a good job then get involved. But, if they chose to send their child to a private school then expect to shoulder the price.

I don't want my tax dollars going to any institution that is brainwashing kids. And I know from first hand experience that it is exactly what private religious school are intent on doing. This is their stated purpose. These people who have nothing more than condemnation of the public school system have an other choice. Educate them at home and they can push any religious nonsense they what down the kids throat.

[Mc Mike]

7. Get the church around money, & they'll screw up nearly every time.

[rgbecker]

4. Georgetown Prep is praying Kavanaugh withdraws:

They are not ready to have their culture exposed by a real investigation into what goes on at their students' parties.

An operation like the Catholic Church, with big problems with women's issues, sexual abuse of children and constant propaganda about controlling women's bodies and minds can only take so much public scrutiny.

[Scurrilous]

5. Good news!

[riversedge]

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