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Perfect nominee
Regarding “Trump seeks to make Kavanaugh furor a campaign asset” (Front page, Tuesday): I am so thankful that the Senate Judiciary Committee questioning of Judge Brett Kavanaugh is finally completed. I’m thankful for two reasons. For one, I’m very glad that he was confirmed. And two, I’m glad to see an end to the committee looking like idiots on display for the whole world to see.
The U.S. Senate has been called the most august body of deliberators in the world. From the beginning of this event I thought the two words that should have gotten the most focus were high school.
I did a quick check on Supreme Court history and I found that there has never been a high school kid serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. As long as Brett Kavanaugh wasn’t a serial killer, I really don’t care what he did in high school. Most people survive high school pretty well, and some, like Kavanaugh, develop into fine, mature, intelligent citizens, who make for a perfect candidate for the Supreme Court.
I don’t know how so many of this august body missed that. John Crawford, Spring
Another pick?
Watching the ceremonial swearing in for Justice Brett Kavanaugh one couldn’t help but notice the frailty of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. I’m certain she won’t resign, but it appears she’s in very poor health.
If she passes on Trump’s watch, what kind of spectacle will the Democrats roll out for our country? Roy Nelson, League City
Weak accusation
Regarding “Kavanaugh puts personal ambition over country’s well-being” (City/State, Sunday): In her column on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court, Erica Grieder states that Kavanaugh, when accused of sexual misconduct, should have withdrawn his name from the nomination. If Grieder were accused of committing an act of sexual misconduct 10 years ago, with no factual basis, would she resign her position as a columnist for the Chronicle? I don’t think so! Dan Mock, Rosharon
Lasting image
A serious wound has been inflicted on our Supreme Court and the constitutionally required separation of powers with the orchestrated confirmation of the most blatantly partisan jurist who hangs on the very outermost fringe of extremist, right-wing of American politics.
Kavanaugh’s performance in the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings has marked a cosmic shift in the social perception of behavioral norms that sets a new bar on the genderspecific spectrum. The audio/video evidence of Kavanaugh’s screaming, crying is preserved forever. Now, imagine if Mr. Kavanaugh was a Ms. Kavanaugh, and the Ms. had behaved in exactly the same manner. In generations past, she would have been labeled hysterical. She she would have been prevented from demonstrating that she has the power of thought and understanding on the basis of the female susceptibility to hysteria. In this generation, she would be disregarded as a pre-teen brat in the midst of a fullblown tantrum.
So, thanks to Kavanaugh for usurping that image. He now owns that perception and that descriptive forever. Joyce Golub, Houston