Kavanaugh's 'judge as umpire' metaphor sounds neutral but it's deeply conservative
- Written by William Blake, Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh invoked baseball to explain his judicial philosophy at his confirmation hearing.
“A good judge,” he said in his opening statement to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 4, “must be an umpire – a neutral and impartial arbiter who favors no litigant or policy.”
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