A deep dive: How #SCOTUS nominee Brett Kavanaugh's partisan jabs last week raise ethics questions that could follow him to the Supreme Court (or back to the DC Circuit, if his nomination fails) buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Kavanaugh attacked Senate Dems, the Clintons, and "left-wing" groups, raising Qs going forward about whether and when he'll face recusal requests — a number of groups suing the Trump admin have opposed him (ACLU, Planned Parenthood, Lambda Legal, etc.) buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
We're aware of at least two ethics complaints against Kavanaugh, one about his response to the sexual assault allegations. Chief Judge Merrick Garland would typically handle those — we're waiting to see if Garland asks to have them sent to another circuit buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
If Kavanaugh is confirmed, judicial ethics experts say there's no precedent for what happens to the complaints against him, but there's a good chance they'll be dismissed. There's no misconduct review process for #SCOTUS like there is for the lower courts buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Meanwhile, here's @pdmcleod on the latest on where things stand with Kavanaugh's nomination this week buzzfeednews.com/article/paulmc…
