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GreenKnight127 posted...

I keep hearing people say they think he's unfit for the position simply because of how he has reacted to his interrogation.

Well, yeah.

I mean, he started ranting about how the liberals and the Democrats and the left were all out to screw him. Regardless of whether or not you think that's true, if you are a liberal or a Democrat or a left-leaning advocacy group going before the Supreme Court, you now have a very valid basis for claiming that one of the justices is prejudiced against you and you will not receive a fair hearing. Some legal scholars even say that, in the event Kavanaugh is confirmed he would, by precedent, be required to recuse himself from any case where Democrats or left-leaning groups were one of the parties (which is a huge chunk of them). Keep in mind judges are supposed to be non-partisan, to the point where their own political activities and ability to participate in partisan events are heavily restricted (they cannot, for instance, make speeches for political organization, publicly endorse candidates for office, make donations or contributions to political organization, or even attend events organized by political organizations).

And lest you think this is just me being partisan, Kavanaugh's testimony - rather than the accusations against him - have cost him support amongst the conservative legal crowd. Two of his classmates from Yale withdrew their support, claiming that Kavanaugh's testimony was simply too partisan for a Supreme Court Justice. Perhaps more impressively, Benjamin Wittes - a pretty well-respected conservative legal scholar and a longtime ally of Kavanaugh - has now stated he no longer believes Kavanaugh should be confirmed.
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