I think when considering a nominee the most important part is to review past cases and their demeanor and fairness toward both sides at the time. Plus their knowledge of the law and demeanor on the bench.
16 of his opinions in the WDC..appellate court was also adopted in the opinion of the SC as well. That is an amazing achievement.
Even defense attorneys have said JK is a fair judge. I haven't seen anyone who has appeared before him in the last 12 years say otherwise.
He is known for his calm temperament giving respect to both sides. Like he said...the one who has the law on their side will be the one who wins. That is how any judge should rule
Not one who interprets the law and how they want it be read but upholds the laws as they are written.
Even though he showed anger and emotional sadness in his latest testimony when he personally was being attacked and accused imo that has nothing to do with his temperance when he is in a courtroom.. He is well known to consistently have the demeanor needed to be a good judge that listens closely to each side of the argument.
Imo the worst thing for anyone would be if they felt they were being falsely accused of a sex crime they insist they did not do. So I found his anger justified and anyone accused of the same would be madder than heck if they knew those claims were false. It showed JJ..who is a human being who hurts and feels anger like everyone does during traumatic times in their lives.
The situation for him and Dr. Ford were totally different situations.. She was handled with kid gloves by both parties...rightly so.
He faced 10 crouching tigers ready to spring to attack him and they did just like he had seen them do in the media for many days before he was finally allowed to testify again.
No one seem to care that he and his family were also getting death threats during the time he had to wait to testify again.
Imo
Dr. Blasey met in person with the FBI in SF to report the death threats made on her & on her family. I have not read or heard that Judge K did likewise. I am not saying that if he didn't report them they didn't happen, but I am straightforwardly saying that it has become common place in virtually every forum, online or not, for folks to play politics & defense by accusing other folks of being reponsible for death threats, or to claim to have received death threats when none were ever made or were laughably exaggerated. See, for instance, the claims by Nurmi & Wilmott that they faced death threats when what was said to them amounted to - your client will pay, yada yada . Or Scott Pruitt, who claimed threats to his safety justified armrd guards and private planes and bullet proof desks because once or twice- literally only that- fellow air plane passengers told him he was killing the environment and shame on him. Boo. Hoo.