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deminks

(11,014 posts)
Thu Sep 20, 2018, 07:00 AM Sep 2018

Brett Kavanaugh Liked Female Clerks Who Looked A 'Certain Way,' Yale Student Was Told

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/yale-student-brett-kavanaugh-clerkship-look_us_5ba2f051e4b0181540d9e2bb

A few years ago, as she was prepping to interview for a judicial clerkship, a student at Yale Law School received a troubling combination of warning and advice from her professors about one federal judge in particular: Brett Kavanaugh, she was told, liked his female clerks to have a “certain look.”

Right now Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court hangs in the balance as he faces an accusation that he sexually assaulted a girl in high school.

The professors proffering the advice are themselves well-known. Both Jed Rubenfeld and his wife, Amy Chua, author of the controversial 2011 book The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, told this woman about Kavanaugh’s preferences. Then, Kavanaugh was simply known as a prestigious judge on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Rubenfeld took care to warn her about two judges in particular: First, Alex Kozinski, then a judge on the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, was known to sexually harass his clerks, he told her. (Kozinski retired in December amid accusations of harassment.)

The other was Kavanaugh. Though the judge was known to hire female clerks who had a “certain look,” Rubenfeld told her, he emphasized that he had heard nothing else untoward.

(snip)

“She advised me to be and dress ‘outgoing,’” the former Yale student said. “She strongly urged me to send her pictures of what I was thinking of wearing so she could evaluate. I did not.”

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What did Chua intend to do with those pictures?
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Brett Kavanaugh Liked Female Clerks Who Looked A 'Certain Way,' Yale Student Was Told (Original Post) deminks Sep 2018 OP
Did Kavanaugh Know About Kozinski's Sexual Misconduct? oberliner Sep 2018 #1
What Was This Certain Look That Kavanaugh Liked?....nt global1 Sep 2018 #2
Didn't they write a fluff piece about what a nice guy he is? kcr Sep 2018 #3
To be and dress "outgoing". That speaks to her demeanor not just suggestive clothing. BeckyDem Sep 2018 #4
I got this instant creepy feeling the first time he talked about "girls" Dem_4_Life Sep 2018 #5

kcr

(15,315 posts)
3. Didn't they write a fluff piece about what a nice guy he is?
Thu Sep 20, 2018, 09:31 AM
Sep 2018

Rubenfeld and Chua are obnoxious with their co-written articles like they share a brain.

Edit I was half right. It was just Chua https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaugh-is-a-mentor-to-women-1531435729

BeckyDem

(8,361 posts)
4. To be and dress "outgoing". That speaks to her demeanor not just suggestive clothing.
Thu Sep 20, 2018, 09:45 AM
Sep 2018

Kavanaugh must be terrified of an FBI investigation, his profile meeting the standard for "nice guy" just keeps dropping.

Dem_4_Life

(1,765 posts)
5. I got this instant creepy feeling the first time he talked about "girls"
Thu Sep 20, 2018, 10:46 AM
Sep 2018

Every time I see him I just get this awful creepy feeling. You can just tell he is not a "nice" guy.

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