Kavanaugh,President Trump‘ssecond conservative nomineevoted onto the highest court in the land, is expected to help shift legal decisions to the right, resulting in threatened protections involving abortion rights, healthcare, presidential power and gun control, among others.
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Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Jeff Flake of Arizona, who had been considered swing votes, said Friday they would vote yes.
The confirmation comes after hours of debate — and despite unprecedented opposition following Kavanaugh’s Senate testimony last week involving an angry screed that included a wild conspiracy theory behind the sexual assault allegations.
A retired (and Republican-appointed) Supreme Court justice previouslysaid Kavanaugh doesn’t have the tempermentfor the job, andmore than 2,400 law professorscalled his demeanor “unfathomable.” Former Yale classmates have accused Kavanaugh oflying under oathabout his drinking.
Meanwhile, thousands of demonstrators protesting Kavanaugh flooded Washington, D.C., and other big cities in the last weeks, resulting inmass demonstrations and numerous arrests.
While many Republicans said they were satisfied with the FBI report, critics have pointed out that it’s far from a complete investigation.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat,said Fridaythat “the available (FBI) documents contradict statements Mr. Kavanaugh made under oath.”
“My heart breaks for all those who will continue to live in fear and shame that their stories, their pain, their lives are less important than male privilege and power,” a friend of Ford’s tells PEOPLE. “Justice has not been served, in the service of the latest Justice of the Supreme Court, and all those like him.”
source: people.com
