12/18/2018

BRETT KAVANAUGH/COURTS/LEGAL/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A US judicial council on Tuesday [12-18-18] dismissed 83 complaints that had been lodged against new Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, arising largely from statements he made during his contentious September confirmation hearings. In a 10-page order, the judicial council of a Denver-based US appeals court said the complaints — the first of which were referred to the court by Chief Justice John Roberts on October 10 — could not be acted on because Kavanaugh, as a justice, is no longer covered by the judiciary’s misconduct rules. Tenth US Circuit Court of Appeals Chief Judge Timothy Tymkovich, who wrote the council’s order, noted that the complaints alleged that Kavanaugh had made false statements in his September hearings, as well as at earlier nomination proceedings before the Senate Judiciary Committee, in 2004 and 2006 when he was up for an appeals court seat on the District of Columbia Circuit. The complaints generally alleged that Kavanaugh had voiced inappropriate partisan statements, demonstrating bias and a lack of judicial temperament, and had treated members of the Senate Judiciary Committee disrespectfully.”

-Joan Biskupic, “Complaints against Brett Kavanaugh dismissed by federal judicial council,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, December 18, 2018 9:02 pm