Courts

High Schooler Obsessed With SCOTUS Says The Darndest Things About Kavanaugh Confirmation Hearings

Did we even learn anything about the man during this process?

By  
on

There is a little value in confirmation hearings where you can learn about who the nominee is as a person, their mannerisms, their judicial philosophy. But at this point, we aren’t even learning that—I’m not sure we are going to learn anything substantial.

— Anna Salvatore, the 16-year-old founder of High School SCOTUS, a blog dedicated to America’s highest court and written entirely by teens, commenting on Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearings. Salvatore got “hooked” on SCOTUS after reading a 71-page brief in Maslenjak v. United States and has interviewed the likes of Linda Greenhouse, Adam Liptak, Carrie Johnson, and Art Lien.

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

Sponsored

Topics

, , , ,