Yale Law School graduates Kent Sinclair, Douglas Rutzen and Mark Osler, all of whom previously signed a letter attesting to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s virtue, are now pushing for an investigation into the accusations against him, according to a Tuesday Washington Post report.
“The confirmation process should be conducted in a way that fosters trust in the process and the Supreme Court, and that seriously considers allegations of sexual violence,” Sinclair told the Washington Post.
These three are not the only Yale classmates of Kavanaugh’s who have had a change of heart since the number of allegations against him grew.
Two of his peers during his undergrad time at Yale, Louisa Garry and Dino Ewing, withdrew their names Monday from a statement of support that ran in the New Yorker article detailing Deborah Ramirez’s accusation of sexual misconduct. They said that they were “not present” when the alleged incident occurred, and therefore “cannot dispute” Ramirez’s story.
Many present-day Yalies are also expressing disapproval of the alumnus, as students clog the halls of the Senate with anti-Kavanaugh protests and law school faculty members sign a letter calling for an FBI investigation into the accusations.
Wonder how many former Skull & Bones are one the secure lines to their brethren in Congress and saying “get that degenerate gambler/drunk/#mob shill OUT of our Yale mentions!”?
How can the SCOTUS not be permanently tainted after Mitch McConnel’s sheenanighans with the nomination proces ?
This is why you don’t sign things before reading them carefully, guys.
And yeah, as an institution for supposedly producing future leaders, that place in New Haven has not racked up a particularly good record. (Nor has that place near Boston or the one in the wilds of New Jersey.)
It’s going to take a while for the Court to recover some reputation as a relatively apolitical body. I don’t think it will ever be seen as an apolitical body again. I don’t attribute all of that to Yertle, though. As much as liberals hate Rehnquist/Roberts, folks on the right hated Earl Warren. Yertle has made things a lot worse, though.
Not one GOP senator cares about these or any other accusations. They. don’t. care. He’ll be confirmed with possibly a margin of one vote. I’m tired of not hearing enough from the Democrats. Maisie Hirono is the only one and she’s been demonized naturally. Where are Sanders and Warren?