Six Louisiana law professors signed a letter published today in The New York Times calling for the Senate to abstain from confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
The professors come from the LSU Law Center, Tulane University and Loyola University of New Orleans, joining more than 1,700 professors (and counting) who allege that Kavanaugh is not suited for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court, regardless of the accusations against him.
“We regret that we feel compelled to write to you, our Senators, to provide our views that at the Senate hearings on Sept. 27, Judge Brett Kavanaugh displayed a lack of judicial temperament that would be disqualifying for any court, and certainly for elevation to the highest court of this land,” the letter reads.
Among Louisiana’s law professors who have signed the letter are Christina Sautter of the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Ann M. Lipton of Tulane University Law School, and Emily A. Bishop, David A. Finger, M. Isabel Medina and Karen C. Sokola of Loyola University of New Orleans College of Law.
“We have differing views about the other qualifications of Judge Kavanaugh,” the letter reads. “But we are united, as professors of law and scholars of judicial institutions, in believing that he did not display the impartiality and judicial temperament requisite to sit on the highest court of our land.”
