More than a dozen judicial misconduct complaints have been filed against Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his Senate confirmation hearings, but they will probably fail on the grounds that the law doesn’t cover Supreme Court judges.

They deal with his behavior not as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a position he held for 12 years, but while testifying for his Senate confirmation. The complaints were filed with the D.C. Circuit, and Chief Justice John Roberts transferred them to a federal appeals court in Colorado for review.