Dear Editor:
Sen. Jon Tester has a difficult decision ahead of him. Should he vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and risk alienating his fundraising base, or should he vote no on Judge Kavanaugh and risk alienating many Montanans?
As every good inquiry should begin, let’s take an objective look at Judge Kavanaugh’s credentials. The judge graduated from Yale College cum laude (with distinction) in 1987 and Yale Law School in 1990. His work history is as follows: law clerk for the Third Circuit, law clerk for the Ninth Circuit, a Bristow Fellow for the Solicitor General, law clerk for Justice Kennedy on the Supreme Court, an attorney for Ken Starr, a partner in a law firm, associate counsel for President George W. Bush, a judge on the D.C. Circuit since 2006, and a lecturer at Harvard Law School since 2009. Clearly an accomplished person.
Judge Kavanaugh is a proven commodity. With over 300 published opinions, we know he is a judge who will follow the law, not make it. His opinions are often cited by the Supreme Court and other courts and 39 of his read more
