Kavanaugh: ‘I Try To Be A Very Collegial Judge, I Try To Be Civil’

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s first day of Senate questioning got a nice and easy start, with a query from Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) about what makes a good judge.

I try to be a very collegial judge, I try to be civil,” Kavanaugh said.

He recalled the words of his mother, also a judge, and said he thinks of how his judicial opinions affect “real people in the real world.”

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  1. Civil? Fuck off you right wing POS hack. How’s that?

  2. Sure, anyone can “try” to be civil, whether you intentionally succeed is another matter.

  3. The hubris is strong with this one. Yeah, anyone can see after the Guttenberg did yesterday, that you’re a real man o’ the people.

  4. The more a lawyer/judge professes his collegiality and civility, the more he’s out to screw people.

  5. But he did allude to sports analogies.

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