{"id":752096,"date":"2021-09-14T16:05:15","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T20:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=752096"},"modified":"2021-09-14T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T20:05:17","slug":"i-dont-believe-you-sen-kennedy-rattles-biden-nominee-over-letter-calling-kavanaugh-morally-bankrupt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-dont-believe-you-sen-kennedy-rattles-biden-nominee-over-letter-calling-kavanaugh-morally-bankrupt\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I Don\u2019t Believe You\u2019 \u2014 Sen. Kennedy Rattles Biden Nominee Over Letter Calling Kavanaugh \u2018Morally Bankrupt\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fi-dont-believe-you-sen-kennedy-rattles-biden-nominee-over-letter-calling-kavanaugh-morally-bankrupt%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=752096&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Screen-Shot_Twitter_@JCNSeverino_John-Kennedy-e1631646257873.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy criticized President Joe Biden\u2019s judicial nominee Jennifer Sung Tuesday over a letter she signed that called Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh \u201cintellectually and morally bankrupt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During a Tuesday hearing, Kennedy pressed Sung, Biden\u2019s nominee for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, over a letter from Yale Law students and alumni, which heavily criticized then-Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh. The <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/17\/biggest-terrorist-victory-sen-kennedy-joe-biden-chaotic-afghan-withdrawl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Louisiana senator<\/a>&nbsp;asked Sung if she believes Kavanaugh is morally bankrupt, to which she said \u201cmy personal opinion is not appropriate for me to say. I respect his authority as a Supreme Court Justice.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/13\/abortion-protest-kavanaugh-home-maryland-activists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Pro-Abortion Activists Protest Outside Brett Kavanaugh\u2019s Home)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you do think he is morally bankrupt,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/08\/whiskey-car-keys-teenager-sen-john-kennedy-mocks-giving-corrupt-guatemala-taxpayer-money\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kennedy<\/a> followed up and asked if she thought the letter would be public.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral years ago, as an alum, addressing my law school alma mater, I did sign a letter that I believed was addressed only to my law school administration,\u201d Sung said. \u201cI did not understand that it would be used as a public advocacy piece \u2026 I signed it, Senator, at the time, because I felt that it was an appropriate statement to make to my law school administration, notwithstanding the overheated rhetoric.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sung also added that if confirmed, she \u201cwould absolutely respect\u201d the authority of the Supreme Court Justices and \u201call of its precedents without reservation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee, I don\u2019t believe you. I think you allowed your political beliefs to cloud your judgment, and I think you said a few years ago, what you said about Brett Kavanaugh, and I think you believe it. I cannot imagine what it\u2019s going to be like to be a litigant in front of you, with that demonstration of lack of judicial temperament and judgment.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/09\/20\/protesters-grassley-sandwiches-kavanaugh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Portly Protesters Descend On Grassley\u2019s Office, Eat Dozens Of Sandwiches)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.087912087912\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnKennedyLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnKennedyLA<\/a> asks Biden nominee Jennifer Sung if she stands by the letter she signed stating that Brett Kavanaugh is morally bankrupt:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow can a litigant possibly think that you\u2019re not going to act on personal beliefs if you were so intemperate to say something like that?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lXP5EENBH7\">pic.twitter.com\/lXP5EENBH7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Carrie Severino (@JCNSeverino) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JCNSeverino\/status\/1437821492163710976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHow can a litigant possibly think that you\u2019re not going to act on personal beliefs if you were so intemperate to say something like that?\u201d Kennedy asked. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/26\/supreme-court-brett-kavanaugh-joe-biden-cdc-eviction-moratorium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden\u2019s New Eviction Moratorium)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The letter Sung signed was released during <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/09\/13\/abortion-protest-kavanaugh-home-maryland-activists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kavanaugh<\/a>\u2018s 2018 nomination fight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Louisiana Sen. 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