SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh took the unusual step of publishing a Wall Street Journal op-ed claiming he’s been a victim in the process. Wrote the candidate, who ran to the totally non-partisan FOX News for an interview when he felt his nomination was in trouble:
“As I explained that night, a good judge must be an umpire—a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no political party, litigant or policy. As Justice Kennedy has stated, judges do not make decisions to reach a preferred result. Judges make decisions because the law and the Constitution compel the result. Over the past 12 years, I have ruled sometimes for the prosecution and sometimes for criminal defendants, sometimes for workers and sometimes for businesses, sometimes for environmentalists and sometimes for coal miners. In each case, I have followed the law. I do not decide cases based on personal or policy preferences.”
