To the Editor:

The column last week by Chris Cox does not address the question which is raised: “Is this the demeanor of a Supreme Court justice?”

There is no mention or evaluation of Judge Kavanaugh’s qualifications, education, work history, opinions, citizenship, husband, father, volunteer, etc. The writer meanders through his heartfelt concerns over unreported sexual attacks upon women but never addresses the point. He writes of feelings and belief, of downtrodden women, beer drinking students. He talks of people, not ideas. This hearing is not about sex or people; it is about the rule of law, the ideal enshrined in our Constitution which gives everyone the presumption of innocent until proven guilty. 

The article is a biased, emotional, slanderous, rambling rant, attacking and condemning Judge Kavanaugh because, it appears, the writer has judged other drunken college students as bad people, and as everyone now knows, Kavanaugh drank beer and he really liked it.

Constitutional lawyer, Harvard graduate and Democrat Alan Derschowitz calls this new unfounded allegation tactic employed by the Democrats to halt the judge’s elevation to the Supreme Court as “sexual McCarthyism.”

The fantastic drama that played out over the past few weeks is the stuff of books, movies, and documentaries. The United States is at a turning point. Will we protect our right to presumption of innocence under the Constitution or will we allow lies, deceit, and big money funding mob demonstrations to become the new rule of law?

Kathryn van Heyningen

Franklin