I am judging his character in part by how he views the law. If someone is quick to doubt that women have a right to exercise control over their own bodies when it comes to things like sex and reproduction, I think that tells us a lot about his character. Whether that's part of a wider pattern of behavior of sexually abusing women remains to be seen. So far all we have are the claims of two women, neither of which claims, so far, has been made under oath.
you are looking at the law as a living document instead of the written Constitutional text.
If Judge K were to help overturn Roe v. Wade he would do it by denying the implied right to privacy,
which is the underpinning of Roe v.s wade. not because of "hostility to women".
And again you are saying his rulings reflect on his character. that is a grotesque conflation.
It's a disservice to rulings on the facts or constitutionality of the case, as well as using a ruling to smear his character.
I cannot tell you just how loathsome a construct you have made here -
deleterious to the rule of law as well as Judge K.
Kavanaugh has never ruled on the facts of a case. He didn't start by paying his dues as a trial court judge. He was a far-right-wing ideologue, whom the Republicans wanted to promote as fast as possible to the highest court, so they started him as an appeals judge, where it's not permitted to rule on the facts of a case. His rulings were always about legal principles. His legal principles are authoritarian and anti-feminist. That doesn't prove he's an attempted rapist, of course. But it is consistent with the rulings we'd expect from such a person.
I have no idea what you are saying that an appellate court does not rule on facts of a case.
They do not hear new evidence, but they rule on the arguments and of course the case law.
They rule on the procedures and they also say if evidence was proper or improperly entered ( the facts)
You call anything that is not "feminist" based "anti-woman". They are not always the same-
and they are not ruled on because they advance or retard a "feminist agenda".
The rulings are based on the merits or demerits of the case. whichever way it effects an agenda or not.
I am not. Please reread. There are a great many things a judge could rule on that I would disagree with, the vast majority of which would provide no insight at all into his thoughts about women. However, when a judge does rule on issues of particular importance to women, in particular, it does provide insight into his thoughts about them.
you are using the same specious reasoning that any case ruling against the feminist agenda is directly caused because of judge K's inherent anti-woman bias.
It's silly, false and a dangerous analysis of jurisprudence
Even 1 in 500 would be high, if your task was to find 500 women you'd treated well, and you still managed to list one you'd treated very badly.
meaning less statistics without a foundation.
I would say picking 65 people ( and he did not "pick" them) and finding one is not in step with the others
is still damn good considering the complexity of humans personality/behaviors.
That's the story, but I'd bet it's BS. These aren't even classmates -- he went to an all-boys school. This was a political operation.... the Republicans knew there were stories out there about his conduct towards women in high school, and they'd prepped a quick response for it before anything came out.
it's beyond hilarious irony that you find the republicans are using a "political operation" ( as well as unfounded accusation)-
but you fail to see the political weaponization of #meetoo by the Democrats