To the editor: I don’t assume Brett Kavanaugh’s affirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court docket was worse than it appeared. It appeared like precisely what it was: a profitable try by individuals in energy to get what they need by mendacity. (“Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation looked bad at the time. It was even worse,” Opinion, Oct. 13)
We might not have recognized the extent to which the FBI didn’t do a radical investigation, however anybody paying consideration may see that Christine Blasey Ford was telling the reality about having been sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh as a teen, and his awkward response was a failed try at bluster. But it surely didn’t matter, as a result of the repair was in.
Kavanaugh, as a few of his different Supreme Court docket colleagues did, additionally misled Senate Judiciary Committee members beneath oath in regards to the views on Roe vs. Wade. Then, like Manchurian candidates, they merely waited for the correct case to return earlier than the courtroom.
The Supreme Court docket reeks of dishonesty and corruption. Kavanaugh’s affirmation is simply one other unhealthy odor.
Bart Braverman, Indio
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To the editor: I’ve all the time appreciated Robin Abcarian’s voice and views, seldom greater than together with her column on Kavanaugh’s affirmation. It took me two makes an attempt to totally learn in regards to the awfulness that I had heard of already. It nearly introduced me to tears.
The Republicans have corrupted the Supreme Court docket. They’ve gamed the system, first by blocking Merrick Garland’s affirmation in 2016, then by appointing Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Kavanaugh beneath questionable circumstances.
I by no means believed I’d see the day that such an austere establishment turns into a software of company overlords with tyranny lurking. I’m frightened in regards to the nation we’re leaving to our grandchildren.
Michele Harris Padron, Santa Barbara
