Were that the case, is Judge Brett Kavanaugh qualified to be a Supreme Court justice?
My use of the word "Probably" was to suggest that, until all the information was in and the hearing had ended, I could not reach a conclusion on the judge's qualifications to sit on the high court.
With accusations of a sexual assault, the outcome of his confirmation is not certain and we might ask the question again: What does it mean to be qualified to be a Supreme Court justice?
To be qualified starts with technical skills - knowledge of the law, legal reasoning, past experiences, including as a judge.
By those accounts, Judge Kavanaugh is qualified - even highly qualified as a judge, according to the American Bar Association.
As retired Judge Richard Posner once said about Judge Robert Bork when the latter was nominated to the Supreme Court, judges are not potted plants.
Even the allegation is true, does his reported behavior on one night in high school render him unqualified to sit as a Supreme Court justice? There are competing answers, taking us in different directions, suggesting that even under an ideal situation, there is no clear answer to what it means to be qualified to sit as a justice.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/407593-what-does-it-mean-to-be-qualified-to-be-a-supreme-court-justice
My use of the word "Probably" was to suggest that, until all the information was in and the hearing had ended, I could not reach a conclusion on the judge's qualifications to sit on the high court.
With accusations of a sexual assault, the outcome of his confirmation is not certain and we might ask the question again: What does it mean to be qualified to be a Supreme Court justice?
To be qualified starts with technical skills - knowledge of the law, legal reasoning, past experiences, including as a judge.
By those accounts, Judge Kavanaugh is qualified - even highly qualified as a judge, according to the American Bar Association.
As retired Judge Richard Posner once said about Judge Robert Bork when the latter was nominated to the Supreme Court, judges are not potted plants.
Even the allegation is true, does his reported behavior on one night in high school render him unqualified to sit as a Supreme Court justice? There are competing answers, taking us in different directions, suggesting that even under an ideal situation, there is no clear answer to what it means to be qualified to sit as a justice.
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/407593-what-does-it-mean-to-be-qualified-to-be-a-supreme-court-justice
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