Posted on 10/04/2018 8:09:43 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Hundreds of female attorneys urged on Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alask) and Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to vote against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
More than 350 attorneys made the request in a joint letter sent to the Republican senators, according to the Daily News-Miner.
"We are Alaskan women attorneys who work in a variety of settings, including public interest organizations, government agencies, and private practice," the letter states, the newspaper reported. "Among us are Republicans, Democrats, Nonpartisan and Undeclared voters. We ask you, as your constituents and as fellow lawyers, to vote against confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh as Justice of the United States Supreme Court."
The newspaper reports that the letter says this call to vote "no" on Kavanaugh stemmed from concerns about sexual misconduct allegations against him and his temperament.
"Judge Kavanaugh's conduct during his confirmation hearing fell far short of our standards as citizens and as lawyers," the attorneys add. "He displayed uncontrolled anger, sarcasm, and open contempt of Senators –– particularly female Senators –– and he made numerous unapologetically partisan statements."
A spokeswoman for Murkowski told the newspaper she was unsure if the senator had received the letter yet. She added that Murkowski would respond to it directly
Sullivan did not respond to a request for comment from the News-Miner. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Hill.
The letter comes about a week after Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding Ford's claims he sexually assaulted her during a high school party in the 1980s.
Kavanaugh has fiercely denied the accusation, and multiple GOP senators have said an FBI report on its probe into Kavanaugh showed there was no corroboration for Ford' claims.
But Democratic senators have criticized how the investigation was handled.
Murkowski is considered to be a significant swing vote in Kavanaugh's confirmation. She told reporters on Thursday that she is still reviewing the FBI's findings on its investigation.
The Senate is prepared to move forward with a procedural vote on Kavanaugh's nomination on Friday.
Tells me all I need to know thx. I hope the people of AK find a better Senator to vote for
I’m sorry, it’s hard for me to believe that Alaska has one hundred female lawyers. Let alone hundreds.
Just doesn’t sound right to me.
‘Genitalia over reason.’
that’s been the distaff motto for centuries...
Never underestimate the ability of Women to turn moron on the drop of a dime.
“i seriously doubt that there are hundreds of attorneys in Alaska, much less hundreds of female attorneys ...”
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I was wondering where they had all the female lawyers stashed! Most likely paralegals, stenos, lawyers, all thrown together just trying to get attention to themselves for marketing purposes. Sheesh.
Nice to know hundreds of attorneys have apparently never heard of the presumption of innocence or due process.
Murkowski AFRAID to stand on her own?
Murkowski AFRAID to stand on her own?
Does anybody ever write a story about someone urging a yes vote?
Nope its a polar bear, they know meat keeps just fine on Ice.
...much less hundreds of female Democrat attorneys...
...much less hundreds of female Democrat attorneys who hate Kavanaugh enough to sign a petition.
Regards,
Maybe they're not lawyers, but legal assistants?
Regards,
Girl Power!
Hundreds of female lawyers . . . in Alaska? I’d like to know just how many lawyers of ANY “gender persuasion” are in that state. I seem to remember the population being rather small . . .
You mean the US has a lot of lawyers? You mean there are some leftwing nutjobs amomg them? Wow, I guess that is real news rather than partisan BS peddled as news them.
Man. Astroturfing is in high gear!
Too bad there isn’t video. A still shot doesn’t fully express what’s going on.
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