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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFaculty at Brett Kavanaugh's Alma Mater Are Demanding Screeching Halt to His Confirmation
https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/faculty-at-brett-kavanaughs-alma-mater-are-demanding-screeching-halt-to-his-confirmation/A number of faculty members at Yale Law School are demanding that the Senate Judiciary Committee pause confirming Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court due to the attempted sexual assault allegation against him by Christine Blasey Ford.
It happens as Yale Law School investigates problems of its own, namely whether two professors, Jed Rubenfeld and Amy Chua (husband and wife), advised female law clerk candidates that look[ing] like models could help them get a gig working for Kavanaugh.
According to Law.com, 48 Yale Law School faculty members (and this number may rise) have signed their names on an open letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
They asked that the committee to delay the vote on Kavanaugh until Ford is given more than a partisan hearing.
With so much at stake for the Supreme Court and the nation, we are concerned about a rush to judgment that threatens both the integrity of the process and the publics confidence in the Court, they write. Where, as here, a sexual assault has been alleged against an individual nominated for a lifetime appointment in a position of public trust, a partisan hearing alone cannot be the forum to determine the truth of the matter.
It happens as Yale Law School investigates problems of its own, namely whether two professors, Jed Rubenfeld and Amy Chua (husband and wife), advised female law clerk candidates that look[ing] like models could help them get a gig working for Kavanaugh.
According to Law.com, 48 Yale Law School faculty members (and this number may rise) have signed their names on an open letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
They asked that the committee to delay the vote on Kavanaugh until Ford is given more than a partisan hearing.
With so much at stake for the Supreme Court and the nation, we are concerned about a rush to judgment that threatens both the integrity of the process and the publics confidence in the Court, they write. Where, as here, a sexual assault has been alleged against an individual nominated for a lifetime appointment in a position of public trust, a partisan hearing alone cannot be the forum to determine the truth of the matter.
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Faculty at Brett Kavanaugh's Alma Mater Are Demanding Screeching Halt to His Confirmation (Original Post)
CousinIT
Sep 2018
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LAS14
(13,783 posts)2. I wish we had a picture.
It happens as Yale Law School investigates problems of its own, namely whether two professors, Jed Rubenfeld and Amy Chua (husband and wife), advised female law clerk candidates that look[ing] like models could help them get a gig working for Kavanaugh.
In some other story someone commented on the looks of his female clerks. If this is the case, it would be pretty damning if someone published a composite picture of all of his law clerks. But I guess it wouldn't be fair to those individuals to suggest that they were anything but worthy of being a clerk just because of their looks. Darn. I'd really like to see Kavanaugh have to deal with that.
Rhiannon12866
(206,009 posts)4. Article on Kavanaugh choosing clerks based on physical appearance:
'No accident' Brett Kavanaugh's female law clerks 'looked like models', Yale professor told students
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/20/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-yale-amy-chua
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/20/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-yale-amy-chua
LAS14
(13,783 posts)5. Thanks. nt
fierywoman
(7,694 posts)3. Chua is the author of the Tiger Mom book.
More_Cowbell
(2,191 posts)6. Her daughter is a clerk for Kavanaugh now nt
pazzyanne
(6,556 posts)7. Found this in a google search:
"After being the 'Tiger Mom', Amy Chua turns to political tribalism .."
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2018/mar/01/amy-chua-tiger-mom-writer-book-political-tribes
Cha
(297,655 posts)8. JHC.. and Again.. you cannot make
this shite UP!
Good o the faculty, though! Demanding a screeching halt to these proceedings.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)9. K&R
donkeypoofed
(2,187 posts)10. Good for them!!
They can't pet this go- this has done serious damage to their reputation. I hope they get rid of those professors, too.