More than 1000 law professors in the United States have called on the Senate to reject Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination over sexual misconduct allegations.
The law professors, including some from prestigious law schools such as Columbia, Harvard and Yale signed two letters to the Senate in which they argued that President Donald Trump’s nominee disqualified himself with his angry remarks to the Senate judiciary committee during the recent hearing where he also claimed the allegation that he committed a sexual assault in school was “a calculated and orchestrated political hit” by Democrats.
Trump has continued to support Kavanaugh despite sex allegations made by now psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford and three other women.
The professors say in their letters that Kavanaugh displayed contempt towards members of Congress and showed bias towards Democrats that could call into question his future rulings and that his…