Even Yale Law School wants the Senate to hit pause on Kavanaugh

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published 28 September 2018

Brett Kavanaugh's alma mater thinks the Senate should take a little more time investigating these sexual assault allegations.

On Friday, Yale Law School Dean Heather Gerken joined the American Bar Association's call for a pause in Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation proceedings. Going forward "without further investigation" into the allegations made against Kavanaugh, a Yale alumnus, "is not in the best interest of the court or our profession," Gerken's statement said.

Kavanaugh vehemently denied the allegations in fiery testimony Thursday. During the hearing, he touted his law degree from Yale, claiming he "had no connections" to the school but got in "by busting my tail in college." All that hard work meant there was no way Kavanaugh could've partied as an undergraduate, he said Thursday, denying a former roommate's claim that Kavanaugh was "a notably heavy drinker." Kavanaugh's fellow Yale drinking buddy later backed up the characterization.

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Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.

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