More than 650 law professors sign letter urging the Senate not to confirm Kavanaugh

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The New York Times published a letter Wednesday night, signed by 650 law professors and counting, that states why they believe the Senate should not confirm Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

During the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last Thursday, Kavanaugh "displayed a lack of judicial temperament that would be disqualifying for any court, and certainly for elevation to the highest court of this land," the letter says. He responded to questions in an "intemperate, inflammatory, and partial manner, as he interrupted and, at times, was discourteous to senators," and while the signers have "differing views about the other qualifications of Judge Kavanaugh," they are "united, as professors of law and scholars of judicial institutions, in believing that he did not display the impartiality and judicial temperament requisite to sit on the highest court of our land."

The letter will be delivered to the Senate on Thursday, and the Times is updating it online as more signatures are received.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.