Michael Barone: It’s OK for judges to be angry

Published September 28, 2018 1:07pm ET



A word about “judicial temperament.” One of the memes of Democrats and liberal commentators in yesterday’s Judiciary Committee hearing was that Judge Brett Kavanaugh, by angrily responding to charges that he committed sexual felonies, was showing that he lacked “judicial temperament.” The general theme was, how can he judge fairly if he flies off the handle?

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