NYC Bar Withholds Review of Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Seat (New York Law Journal)
New York Law Journal, September 13, 2018
NYC Bar Withholds Review of Kavanaugh for Supreme Court Seat
“In a rare move for the bar group, the New York City Bar Association is withholding a rating of Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee. The New York City Bar said Thursday that it was unable to determine whether Kavanaugh is qualified to serve on the Supreme Court ‘because the public record is incomplete on whether he possesses the personal integrity necessary to serve in that role.’ The city bar assesses whether a Supreme Court nominee is ‘highly qualified,’ ‘qualified,’ or ‘not qualified’ based on a set of several factors. It’s rare the city bar has withheld an evaluation for a Supreme Court nominee. However, in 1991, the city bar withheld a rating for Judge Clarence Thomas, citing concerns about his appreciation of the role of the court in protecting individual rights.”
