UCLA Law

It comes as a surprise to no one that universities are in the forefront of protest against the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the US Supreme Court. What might shock some (not me) is that at UCLA, the Law School is protesting the appointment. (To her credit, Law School Dean Jennifer Mnookin seems to have a clearer head.)

The Daily Bruin has an article on the ongoing breast beating at UCLA Law.


http://dailybruin.com/2018/10/05/ucla-school-of-law-students-and-faculty-stage-protest-against-kavanaugh/

Wow. Where does one start? I could remind the LAW SCHOOL students and their faculty professors that in the US, accusations require proof. Even in a civil case, you need a preponderance of evidence (51%). The accusations against Kavanaugh never even reached that bar. You might also have more accurately described the National Lawyers Guild, which was founded in the 1930s as a legal arm of the Communist party USA. Since that time, they continue to jump on every band wagen that makes the US look bad. Professor Michaels might think that Kavanaugh's belligerent and angry attitude when he responded to the accusations was inappropriate. Agreed, it was not pretty. How many of us would maintain our judicial temperament when our careers, families, and lives were being destroyed in the public arena? And before Dr El Fadl complains about how US law treats female victims, he might examine his own sharia law, which, among other niceties, requires 4 male witnesses to support a woman's claim of rape. Absent those, the women is charged with adultery and subject to 80 lashes. It is hardly surprising that those in a university would ignore our basic legal principles. That this comes from a law school is really depressing.