Hassan: The American people deserve better than Judge Kavanaugh

WASHINGTON – In the lead-up to the final vote on Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, Sen. Maggie Hassan last night delivered a speech on the Senate floor regarding her opposition to Judge Kavanaugh. 

“Supreme Court Justice is not a position that any one person is entitled to,” Hassan said. “Any individual nominated to the court must be subject to scrutiny on the totality of their record, their temperament, and their past actions. Yet – throughout the process of this nomination, my colleagues in the majority have made clear that they will stop at nothing to get Judge Kavanaugh on the court. No matter his record. No matter his temperament. No matter his character.”

Hassan cited her concerns with Judge Kavanaugh’s judicial philosophy and partisan agenda, particularly when it comes to undermining protections for people with pre-existing conditions, restricting a woman’s constitutionally protected rights, and promoting unchecked presidential power. 

Hassan concluded by saying, “The majority has put the interest of its party and nominee, who has made clear he will serve those interest, before the interest of the court and the country. The nominee who will apparently, given today’s developments, be confirmed tomorrow, is without the character or temperament needed to serve on the Supreme Court. Without the credibility that the American people deserve. He is – in fact – the antithesis of that impartial arbiter that a Supreme Court Justice has to be. The people of New Hampshire deserve better. The people of the United States of America deserve better. And that is why, Mr. President, I will be voting no on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination tomorrow, and I would urge all my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to do the same.”