Biggest group of US churches says Kavanaugh 'must step aside immediately'

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https://shareblue.com/national-council-of-churches-withdraw-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-nomination/

Biggest group of US churches says Kavanaugh ‘must step aside immediately’
Oct 4, 2018

A coalition of more than 100,000 U.S. churches says Kavanaugh has 'disqualified himself' from a position on the Supreme Court.

The National Council of Churches, a group that represents more than 100,000 churches and 40 million churchgoers across America, is calling for the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to be withdrawn, saying he has “disqualified himself” with his own behavior.

“We believe he has disqualified himself from this lifetime appointment and must step aside immediately,” the council said in a statement.

The faith group pointed to Kavanaugh’s disgraceful behavior at last week’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, noting he showed “extreme partisan bias” and demonstrated he lacks the “temperament” and “character” to be on the Supreme Court.

“Judge Kavanaugh exhibited extreme partisan bias and disrespect towards certain members of the committee and thereby demonstrated that he possesses neither the temperament nor the character essential for a member of the highest court in our nation,” the statement said.

The council also criticized Kavanaugh for telling “outright falsehoods” during his testimony.

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Calls to the NCCCUSA crashed their website:

"Unusually high traffic has shut our website down.
Here is our statement calling for the withdrawal of Judge #Kavanaugh. pic.twitter.com/r1vsGmqMFK"

— NCCCUSA (@ncccusa) October 3, 2018
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As well:
On Wednesday, a group of more than 650 law professors — including more than a dozen from Kavanaugh’s own alma mater Yale Law School — signed a letter urging the Senate not to confirm Kavanaugh.

The professors cited his “lack of judicial temperament,” which they said disqualified him from a position on the court.

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[Fred Sanders]

1. Exactly. Focusing on the job qualification and not just the criminal allegations is what many are

doing instead of falling headfirst into the criminal trial standard of proof trap.

100,000 Churches agree it appears.


“Judge Kavanaugh exhibited extreme partisan bias and disrespect towards certain members of the committee and thereby demonstrated that he possesses neither the temperament nor the character essential for a member of the highest court in our nation,” the statement said.

[DV1]

2. Trump and his Republican boy-toys..

.. heeding the advice of the National Council of Churchgoers? That'll be the day.

[Fred Sanders]

3. The council represents 50,000,000 folks! Yes this might indeed be "the day" of days! Rejoice and

Say amen!

[Freddie]

5. Because these are the "wrong churches"

National Council of Churches is mostly mainline Protestant Churches. ELCA (Lutheran), Episcopal, Presbyterian-USA, United Methodist, United Church of Christ. All these churches are careful to be politically neutral, or slightly left-leaning.
Eons ago a neighbor invited me to her church. I said thank you but I already belong to a church (ELCA). She said I should go to a “bible-believing church” (??!!)

[Hortensis]

4. Wow, wow, wow! Good for the National Council of Churches.

And those law professors are over 1000 now and still growing.

[world wide wally]

6. This is Unprecedented opposition to a SC Justice, but McConnell will push it through and

America will shrug, say "that sucks", and go on with our daily routines.... Until it comes back to bite us in the ass.