Would Brett Kavanaugh's evasive testimony be allowed in his own courtroom?
Whether inside a federal courtroom or an Ivy League classroom, US Supreme Court nominee
Brett Kavanaugh assumes multiple roles. They all demand respect; in each,
he sets the rules.
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Mr Kavanaughs performance in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee was histrionic. He was frequently hostile and overly emotional, behaving in a manner he would likely not tolerate in his own courtroom. He also offered the committee evidence that, in a court of law, he would know to be inadmissible.
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Thats the thing: he acted like a defendant, Butler said. Hes in another branch of the government. Everyone has their own role under the Constitution, and today the role of the senators was to question him as part of the advise-and-consent process.
Ultimately, Mr Butler said,
Mr Kavanaugh seemed resentful that the senators were doing their job, revealing a partisan temperament unbecoming of a justice on the nations highest court. -
Independent
I, for one, would not want Brett Kavanaugh as a father, a role model, as a friend, or to be judging me or anyone I have respect for. This over-aged boy is not someone with the temperamental qualities to be judging anyone else.