Tag: Supreme Court

Kavanaugh appointment does not make Supreme Court illegitimate

Opinion

Sam Stroud Staff Writer Despite the protests and speculations, Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court on Saturday. Now that stopping Kavanaugh from sitting on the Supreme Court is not possible, the left is claiming the court is no longer legitimate. They say this is true because of the accusations Kavanaugh faced, the fact that Trump picked him and Kavanaugh’s personal political ideology. These arguments, however, hold no merit and do not in any way affect the legitimacy of the court. With Kavanaugh’s appointment, the president is not attempting…

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Hearings evidence Kavanaugh wrong choice for top court

Opinion

Pradyot Sharma Opinion Editor While the Senate hearings on the sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh did not bring conclusive evidence to warrant closure, Kavanaugh’s statements and body language showed us he is not temperamentally fit for the top court.  Throughout the hearing, Kavanaugh seemed more like a candidate fighting for political office rather than someone vying for a lifetime position that demands neutrality.  Last Thursday, in a move taken from a political playbook, Kavanaugh said in his opening statement that the sexual harassment scandal was “revenge…

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Brett Kavanaugh Hearings 2018: Trump nominee the right choice for SCOTUS

Opinion

Sam Stroud Staff Writer The battle to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy began on Tuesday as the Senate kicked off the confirmation hearing for president Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh.  In the months after Kennedy announced his time on the Supreme Court would be ending prematurely, Democrats have acted like petulant children who dropped their ice cream on the sidewalk and are making any arguments they can to block Kavanaugh.  The problem is that they have no logical argument to stop his confirmation.  Politically, Kavanaugh is as experienced as…

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Brett Kavanaugh Hearings 2018: Senate shouldn’t confirm president’s Supreme Court pick

Opinion

Scott Shelton Staff Writer  It seems President Donald Trump has appointed Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court to further his interests. Putting everything else aside, views on the powers of the American presidency alone should disqualify him from being on the bench. In a 2009 article for the Minnesota Law Review, Kavanaugh wrote that Congress should consider creating a law that protects a sitting president from criminal prosecution and investigation.  In 1999, Kavanaugh said in an interview with Washington Lawyer Magazine that the Supreme Court might have been wrong when…

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