Stevens: ‘Not Healthy To Get A New Justice That Can Only Do A Part Time Job’

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Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said Thursday, as first reported by the Palm Beach Post, that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s performance at last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing had convinced him Kavanaugh was unfit to be confirmed. CSPAN was in attendance filming the interview in which Stevens made the remark. Watch below:

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  1. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    Ninety-eight years old, and there’s more sophisticated thought and coherent expression in that 1:38 of tape than Donald Trump has put together in a lifetime.

    And you just know he’s thinking: “who the hell are those two kids behind me?”

  2. Since Kavenaugh would be biased against almost all cases brought before SCOTUS, perhaps covfefe boy for the conservative justices would be appropriate.

  3. He’ll be really part time considering he’ll probably be hung over most of the time. Hope the other justices have a good time with this one.

  4. Oh, I’m quite sure he would be happy to vote even on cases in which he has bias. Is Justice Stevens honestly imagining Kavanaugh would recuse himself?

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