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Jimmy Carter: Kavanaugh is 'unfit' to be a Supreme Court justice

Speaking to a class at Emory University in Atlanta on Wednesday, Carter said that Kavanaugh’s behavior during his confirmation hearings demonstrated that his appointment was “a very serious mistake,” according to Emory’s independent, student-run newspaper, The Emory Wheel. “Whether or not [Kavanaugh] attempted to rape [Christine Blasey Ford], I thought he was temperamentally unfit to serve on the Supreme Court because of his outburst during the hearing,” Carter said, according to video taken by a student during his remarks. “I saw him lose his cool.” Kavanaugh’s confirmation process was derailed after Ford, a California professor, accused him of sexually assaulting her at a high school party in the 1980s. After testimony from both Ford and Kavanaugh, the Senate ultimately voted to confirm President Trump's second Supreme Court nominee. Carter is just one of a number of political leaders to take issue with Kavanaugh’s testimony on the allegations, which critics said was “non...

Kavanaugh Described Himself and Friends As 'Loud, Obnoxious Drunks' In 1983 Letter Signed 'Bart'

A letter reportedly was written by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 1983 appeared to shine a light on the then-teenager's high school social life, with Kavanaugh describing him and his friends as "loud obnoxious drunks with prolific pukers." The letter, published by The New York Times, was reportedly written about a beach trip Kavanaugh and seven classmates at Georgetown Preparatory School had planned. In it, a teenage Kavanaugh raised the question of who he and his friends might want to have stayed with them during the trip. "I think we are unanimous that any girls we can beg to stay there are welcomed with open ...." Kavanaugh wrote. He didn't finish the sentence, but then wrote: "Anyway, I think we're all set." The judge also said later in the letter that the week ahead would have "big potential," adding "interpret as wish." As for his reference to them all being "loud, obnoxious drunks," Ka...