Judicial Committee Won't Revive Kavanaugh Misconduct Complaints
The rules governing federal judicial conduct "unequivocally preclude review of the merits of complaints" against a judge who has been elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal court body said in an Aug. 1 order.
August 01, 2019 at 01:22 PM
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A key judicial conduct committee of the policymaking arm of the federal judiciary Thursday rejected misconduct complaints against now-U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tied to his testimony last year at his U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearings.
The nine petitions before the Judicial Conference’s Committee on Judicial Conduct and Disability were essentially appeals of rulings by the 10th Circuit Judicial Council. The appeals court body had reviewed 83 ethical complaints against Kavanaugh, who was then a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
That council ruled that it lacked jurisdiction to consider the merits of the complaints because Kavanaugh had been elevated to the Supreme Court. Kavanaugh was confirmed in October 2018 in the narrowest Supreme Court confirmation votes in modern history.
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