John Paul Stevens Opposes Kavanaugh: Thursday Hearing ‘Changed My Mind’ – Talking Points Memo
by Matt Shulam // Talking Points Memo
Retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens said Thursday that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s testimony a week ago convinced him to oppose Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
“I feel his performance in the hearings ultimately changed my mind,” Stevens said in a live interview at an event in Boca Raton, Florida, the Palm Beach Post reported.
Stevens had praised Kavanaugh in his 2014 book “Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution,” the Post noted.
“At that time, I thought [Kavanaugh] had the qualifications for the Supreme Court should he be selected,” he said Thursday. But, he added, “I’ve changed by views for reasons that have no relationship to his intellectual ability.”
The retired justice added that there was “merit to that criticism” — that Kavanaugh’s fiery, partisan testimony last week demonstrated “a potential for political bias should he serve on the Supreme Court,” in the Post’s words.
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