SCOTUS Brief: More Support For Kavanaugh Rolls In; When Kavanaugh and Gorsuch Clerked Together For Justice Kennedy
Here’s the news you need to know on this Thursday, August 30, 2018.
Kavanaugh garners support from GOP governors
…More than 30 governors signed a letter in support of Kavanaugh, stating that he has “impeccable credentials demonstrate he is worthy of this nomination.”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/08/30/supreme-court-pick-brett-kavanaugh-supported-by-most-gop-governors-in-letter-look-at-who-didnt-sign-it.html
Basketball, Popeyes, 2 Live Crew: The year Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh clerked for Anthony Kennedy
Kavanaugh, genial and down-to-earth at 28, had a reputation for burning the midnight oil, as well as shooting jump shots and organizing social events. When his name was added to President Donald Trump’s list of potential nominees last fall, he instantly became the front-runner for the next opening – an opening that Kennedy created with his retirement last month.
His fellow clerks apparently saw it coming long ago.
“I think people had a sense that he was somebody who was on an upward trajectory,” fellow Kennedy clerk Nate Forrester, now an attorney-adviser with the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel, said. “He worked prodigiously long hours.”
Kavanaugh Garners Support Among Several Black Harvard Law School Graduates
Several members of the Harvard Law School chapter of the Black Law Students Association sent a letter Wednesday to the Senate Judiciary Committee extolling the mentorship they received from Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh and expressing support for his confirmation. … “Judge Kavanaugh reached out to the Harvard Law School chapter of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) in 2017 to express interest in planning a clerkship event for our members,” the letter reads. “On March 27, the Judge participated in a panel—jointly with Judge Paul Watford of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals—to provide information to BLSA students about the clerkship hiring process. While the event was marketed for first year students, all three class years were represented.” The graduates and law student went on to talk about how Kavanaugh told them one of his major priorities was encouraging more students of color to apply for judicial clerkships in response to multiple recent reports about minority law students being “underrepresented in clerkship positions in the Federal Judiciary.”
Kavanaugh supporters up their efforts to get him confirmed ahead of his hearing
With the confirmation hearing less than a week away, supporters of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh are ramping up their efforts to get him confirmed.
Advocates are sending a flurry of letters to the Judiciary Committee pressing senators to support Kavanaugh, who will appear before the panel starting on Tuesday, September 4th.
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