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appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 12:13 AM Oct 2018

Bar Association Questioned Kavanaugh's Temperament And Honesty in 2006

Source: New York Times

By Adam Liptak, 2 hrs. ago.

WASHINGTON— When Brett M. Kavanaugh was preparing for his second confirmation hearing for a seat on a federal appeals court in 2006, he got some unwelcome news. The American Bar Association, which had earlier given him its highest rating, had reconsidered.

The revised rating, the group explained, was prompted by new concerns about Mr. Kavanaugh’s demeanor and veracity, foreshadowing some critiques of his testimony last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee in response to accusations of sexual misconduct.

The bar association’s new rating in 2006 — “qualified” instead of “well qualified” — was still quite positive. It meant, the committee explained, that Mr. Kavanaugh had met its “very high standards with respect to integrity, professional competence and judicial temperament.”

The revised rating was a minor blemish on a glittering résumé, and it was discounted by conservatives who viewed the bar association as a liberal interest group. The group’s concerns did not prevent Mr. Kavanaugh from being confirmed that year to the United States Court of Appeals to the District of Columbia Circuit...More...


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Bar Association Questioned Kavanaugh's Temperament And Honesty in 2006 (Original Post) appalachiablue Oct 2018 OP
Check, and check. appalachiablue Oct 2018 #1
+1 dalton99a Oct 2018 #2
Those comments mean something coming from a judge appalachiablue Oct 2018 #3
Yep. He has a pattern of dissembling dalton99a Oct 2018 #4
Any organization.... SergeStorms Oct 2018 #5
I would like to read an account about the exact reasons for the lowering of Kavanaugh's rating. Nitram Oct 2018 #6
Me too laserhaas Oct 2018 #7

appalachiablue

(41,171 posts)
1. Check, and check.
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 12:22 AM
Oct 2018

Mr. Kavanaugh’s first nomination stalled. The bar association committee reaffirmed its “well qualified” rating in 2005, but then downgraded it in 2006...Mr. Tober’s statement included only a few scattered comments from unnamed individuals.

“Mr. Kavanaugh did not handle the case well as an advocate and dissembled,” one lawyer said. A judge called one of Mr. Kavanaugh’s oral arguments “less than adequate” and “sanctimonious.” Another person interviewed said Mr. Kavanaugh was “immovable and very stubborn and frustrating to deal with on some issues.”

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
5. Any organization....
Wed Oct 3, 2018, 01:24 AM
Oct 2018

that says anything other than what the GOP wants to hear is the labeled "a liberal interest group". The media (except for FOX) is not only run by "liberals", all they report is "fake news". Can we help it if the truth has an actual liberal bias? All the GOP wants is lies that support whatever they say. They have absolutely no regard for the facts or truth.

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