vernacular, don t be a joke. to be a good umpire and good judge, don t be a jerk. that was judge kavanaugh speaking in 2015 at the law school of catholic university. a longer transcript of that speech was just published by david corn at mother jones magazine. that speech was already a little famous, because that s the speech where judge kavanaugh veered off script and said, what happens at georgetown prep stays at georgetown prep. that s been a good thing for all of us. that got a flurry of attention last week. in that same speech, kavanaugh goes on and on about how important it is for a judge to keep our emotions in check, to be calm, to have the proper demeanor. all this stuff about how a judge must comport himself or herself if he or she wants to be part of the federal judiciary at every level. let me run through what i think a judge as umpire means. first, and probably most obviously, not being a political
difficult hurdle for judge kavanaugh if he still sees himself as on the way to the supreme court. to be a good judge and a good umpire, it s important to have the proper demeanor, really important, i think, to walk in the other s shoes, whether it be the other litigants, the it will gapts in the case, the other judges. to understand them, to keep our emotions in check. to be calm amidst the storm. on the bench, to put it in the vernacular, don t be a jerk. i think that s important. to be a good umpire and a good judge, don t be a jerk. that was judge kavanaugh speaking in 2015 at the law school of catholic university. a longer transcript of that speech was just published by reporter david corn at mother jones magazine. that speech was already a little famous, because that s the speech where judge kavanaugh veered offscript a little bit and said, what happened at georgetown prep stays at georgetown prep and that s been