Editorial Boards Across America Praise Judge Kavanaugh
“If one were to
create an ideal résumé for the position of Supreme Court justice, it would not
look terribly different from Brett Michael Kavanaugh’s”
“Kavanaugh is a
highly qualified ‘originalist’ who will help return the U.S. Supreme Court to
its proper function in American society”
WASHINGTON – Supreme
Court justice nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh is earning broad support from the
nation’s editorial boards.
The Wall
Street Journal: “Judge
Kavanaugh has an exemplary record that suggests he will help to restore the
Supreme Court to its proper, more modest role in American politics and society.
He has the experience and intellect to be a leader on the Court, not merely a
predictable vote on this or that issue. In particular, Judge Kavanaugh is among
a younger generation of judges who base their rulings on the text of the
Constitution and Congressional statute.”
New
York Post: “Indeed,
[Kavanaugh]’s more than just qualified. In his 12 years on the federal appeals
bench, he’s built an exemplary record that’s left a decided impact on the law:
The Supreme Court has fully adopted the logic behind 11 of his decisions in its
own rulings. And while that record is reliably conservative, he’s far from the
“hard right” extremist described by, among others, New York’s own Chuck
Schumer. The Senate minority leader vows to fight Kavanaugh ‘with everything
I’ve got.’ Justice-designate Kavanaugh … would ensure faithful adherence to the
Constitution. No wonder Schumer & Co. are terrified.”
The
Los Angeles Times: “With his nomination of Brett Kavanaugh
to the Supreme Court, President Trump has chosen an experienced federal judge
with a conservative record whose profile is less ideological than those of some
other candidates…”
Chicago
Tribune: “Kavanaugh’s
record suggests that by these standards, he’s highly qualified. In 12 years on
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which deals with
especially complex regulatory cases, he’s authored some 300 decisions. Taken as
a body of work, they reflect a great allegiance to the words of the
Constitution… In picking Kavanaugh, Trump is nominating an experienced jurist
of strong character and principles.”
Boston
Herald: “Kavanaugh
is a solid pick for the Supreme Court. He is a true conservative and considered
a brilliant thinker by his contemporaries.”
The
Detroit News:
“Brett Kavanaugh is an intelligent and deliberate judge who is poised to become
a conservative thought leader on the U.S. Supreme court. His record on the
appellate court suggests that President Trump’s nominee to succeed Justice
Anthony Kennedy will maintain a commitment to interpreting the law as it is
written, and not how he may wish it had been crafted… Kavanaugh can be counted
on to defer to precedent and eschew partisanship… His credentials, his
commitment to judicial independence, his unassailable character, his record as
a judge dedicated to the Constitution and his likeability should overwhelm the
Senate skeptics who will be tempted to oppose him simply because he was
appointed by Trump.”
San
Diego Union-Tribune: “In choosing Brett Kavanaugh — a judge on the
Washington, D.C., U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — to replace retiring Justice
Anthony Kennedy, Trump has chosen a deeply experienced nominee with 300
opinions under his belt who appears well within the judicial mainstream.”
Richmond
Times-Dispatch:
“If one were to create an ideal résumé for the position of Supreme Court
justice, it would not look terribly different from Brett Michael Kavanaugh’s
curriculum vitae. President Trump’s nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy
is more than qualified for the job… Indeed, Kavanaugh’s qualifications are
impeccable — unfortunately, that won’t stop him from being lambasted by
opposition on the left concerned about his conservative values.”
Charleston
Post and Courier: “Brett Kavanaugh is a highly qualified
‘originalist’ who will help return the U.S. Supreme Court to its proper
function in American society. The Senate should quickly confirm him.”
Las
Vegas Review-Journal: “Judge Kavanaugh is eminently accomplished… Judge
Kavanaugh is firmly in the judicial mainstream, although Democrats will no
doubt try to twist him into a rabid, dangerous extremist. He is, in fact, a
constitutionalist who believes that judges should follow the nation’s founding
document rather than reinterpret law to achieve desired ends.”
New
Hampshire Union Leader: “Kavanaugh is an experienced,
well-qualified pick, and would have easily won confirmation if that were the
criteria used. But that standard has eroded to nothingness since Democrats
smeared Robert Bork 31 years ago.”
San
Bernardino Sun: “Impeccably
credentialed… Of course, that has not stopped the usual ideological suspects
from flying into action to discredit and impugn Kavanaugh. A nationally
respected expert on administrative law, Kavanaugh has also been subject to cries
that he will slavishly serve the interests of big business. Much nearer to the
truth is informed speculation that, if confirmed, Kavanaugh will find occasion
to chip away at the federal bureaucracy more to curb government excess than to
line the pockets of CEOs.”
Lowell
Sun: “What
Democrats cannot question is Brett Kavanaugh's credentials. After all the drama
and histrionics, sensible Democrats should put politics aside and vote to make
him the ninth member of the Supreme Court.”
The
Intelligencer: “Kavanaugh
has said that if confirmed to the Supreme Court, his allegiance will be to the
Constitution as it is written, not to his personal preferences. That is
precisely what the nation needs. That, not how Kavanaugh may rule on any single
issue, ought to be Manchin’s concern. And if he determines the nominee will be
an impartial arbiter, Manchin should vote for confirmation.”
Weekly
Standard: “[N]either
Judge Kavanaugh’s words nor his achievements nor his character will give any
fair-minded lawmaker, Democrat or Republican, reason to conclude that he is
anything but a first-rate legal mind and a conspicuously qualified nominee.”
National
Review: “Judge
Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s new nominee for the Supreme Court, is
a whip-smart legal conservative. As a judge in the highest-profile appeals
court in the nation, he has shown an exemplary dedication to the rule of law.”
SCOTUS
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