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Kavanaugh in 2015: A Judge Must Keep "Emotions in Check" and Not Be a "Political Partisan"
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In 2015, Kavanaugh gave a speechentitled The Judge as Umpireat Columbus Law School at Catholic University. It was during this event that he now-infamously said, What happens at Georgetown Prep stays at Georgetown Prep. But later in the speech, Kavanaugh explained the importance of judicial temperament. He described the attributes required for a good judge: to have the proper demeanor, to keep our emotions in check, to be calm amidst the storm, to demonstrate civility. And Kavanaugh added, Dont be a jerk.
Heres what he said.
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Also in that 2015 speech, Kavanaugh made another key point: First and most obviously, a judge cannot be a political partisan. A jurist, he added, must avoid any semblance of partisanship. At the hearing, Kavanaugh did not demonstrate the ability to put aside partisanship.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/10/kavanaugh-in-2015-a-judge-must-keep-emotions-in-check-and-not-be-a-political-partisan/
In 2015, Kavanaugh gave a speechentitled The Judge as Umpireat Columbus Law School at Catholic University. It was during this event that he now-infamously said, What happens at Georgetown Prep stays at Georgetown Prep. But later in the speech, Kavanaugh explained the importance of judicial temperament. He described the attributes required for a good judge: to have the proper demeanor, to keep our emotions in check, to be calm amidst the storm, to demonstrate civility. And Kavanaugh added, Dont be a jerk.
Heres what he said.
To be a good judge and a good umpire, its important to have the proper demeanor. Really important, I think. To walk in the others shoes, whether it be the other litigants, the litigants in the case, the other judges. To understand them. To keep our emotions in check. To be calm amidst the storm. On the bench, to put it in the vernacular, dont be a jerk. I think thats important. To be a good umpire and a good judge, dont be a jerk. In your opinions, to demonstrate civility. I think thats important as well. To show, to help display, that you are trying to make the decision impartially and dispassionately based on the law and not based on your emotions. That were not the bigger than the game .Theres a danger of arrogance, as for umpires and referees, but also for judges. And I would say that danger grows the more time youre on the bench. As one of my colleagues puts it, you become more like yourselfand that can be a problem.
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Also in that 2015 speech, Kavanaugh made another key point: First and most obviously, a judge cannot be a political partisan. A jurist, he added, must avoid any semblance of partisanship. At the hearing, Kavanaugh did not demonstrate the ability to put aside partisanship.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/10/kavanaugh-in-2015-a-judge-must-keep-emotions-in-check-and-not-be-a-political-partisan/
... you become more like yourselfand that can be a problem.
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Kavanaugh in 2015: A Judge Must Keep "Emotions in Check" and Not Be a "Political Partisan" (Original Post)
demmiblue
Oct 2018
OP
unless that judge is an entitled Conservative hack with a fecklessly controlled conservative Senate
Freethinker65
Oct 2018
#3
tazkcmo
(7,300 posts)1. What a difference
A SC nomination makes.
roscoeroscoe
(1,370 posts)2. Should be forced to listen to that speech in the Bardo
Over and over...
Freethinker65
(10,022 posts)3. unless that judge is an entitled Conservative hack with a fecklessly controlled conservative Senate
In that case, the more partisan the better!
LakeArenal
(28,819 posts)4. Haha. So predictable. Wherever the partisan wind blows...
And they all blow!
Do what I say, not what I do.
appalachiablue
(41,137 posts)6. Needs to keep other things in check as well.