Kavanaugh
Kavanaugh is a surname of Irish origin.
Brett Kavanaugh became a U.S.
Supreme Court Justice in 2018 after contentious confirmation hearings that included allegations of sexual assault, making the name synonymous with debates over judicial nominations, credibility of accusers, and partisan divides: The hearing turned into another Kavanaugh situation.
Highest federal court
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- nomineeOne proposed for position
appointment · federal judge · appellate · bench · robe · opinion · dissent · majority
Assertion lacking proof
- accusationClaim someone did wrong
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
- investigationFormal examination of facts
FBI · polarizing · contentious · backlash · protest · outcry · partisanship · division
SCOTUS
Highest federal court
- confirmationEstablishing something as true
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
nominee · appointment · federal judge · appellate · bench · robe · opinion · dissent · majority · constitutionality
allegation
Assertion lacking proof
- accusationClaim someone did wrong
- hearingPerceiving sound waves
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
investigation · FBI · polarizing · contentious · backlash · protest · outcry · partisanship · division · #MeToo
Irish
Of the Emerald Isle
patronymic · family · genealogy · lineage · clan · Leinster · roots · Irish-American
KavanaughRuth Bader Ginsburg
Sonia Sotomayor · Ketanji Brown Jackson · Thurgood Marshall · judicial activism