Whether inside a federal courtroom or an Ivy League classroom, U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh assumes multiple roles. He also offered the committee evidence that, in a court of law, he would know to be inadmissible. The difference, obviously, is that Kavanaugh is a judge on a high federal court, a position that requires a nonpartisan temperament and respect for the judicial confirmation process. “As a federal judge, you always want the best evidence, don’t you?” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) asked Kavanaugh at the hearing. Instead, as a presiding judge, Kavanaugh would have ordered the individuals to appear in court and testify under oath.

Source: Washington Post September 28, 2018 18:35 UTC