Former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens was all for Brett Kavanaugh's appointment to the highest court in the land, but that was until he saw the appellate court judge throw a fit during his hearing.
He once thought Kavanaugh “had the qualifications," said Stevens, who was appointed by President Gerald Ford. “His performance in the hearings changed my mind.”
The life-long Republican urged Senators to "pay attention" to what happened.
Southern Palm Beach County reporter for The Palm Beach Post, Lulu Ramadan, recalled that Stevens was the dissenting vote in Bush v. Gore.
“The endorsement of that position by the majority of this Court can only lend credence to the most cynical appraisal of the work of judges throughout the land," he said in the 2000 case that determined the election. "It is confidence in the men and women who administer the judicial system that is the true backbone of the rule of law. Time will one day heal the wound to that confidence that will be inflicted by today’s decision. One thing, however, is certain. Although we may never know with complete certainty the identity of the winner of this year’s Presidential election, the identity of the loser is perfectly clear. It is the Nation’s confidence in the judge as an impartial guardian of the rule of law.”
