When I was growing up, our neighbor across the street was an important figure in the creation of the Federalist Society. He was a gracious, intelligent, funny man, who did in fact drive the neighborhood kids to softball. I have friends who went to the law school where he was a prof…
When reading the piece below, about how bad the SupCt has been ( theatlantic.com/politics/arc... ) ,
can't help thinking of same author's ringing endorsement of Brett Kavanaugh. "A superb nominee," etc.
(This is prof Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Law. )
www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/o...
…and he was well-regarded by lots of students, even by my then-girlfriend who was and is a left-wing feminist Arab-American who has spent her career working for indigent clients. I spent the entire run up to the Kav confirmation screaming “I WOULDN’T LET S— HAVE A LIFETIME SEAT ARE YOU NUTS!”
