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The fight over Judge Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation came to a close this weekend. After the FBI probe failed to uncover corroborating evidence to support Professor Ford\u2019s accusations of sexual assault, the Senate voted to confirm Kavanaugh\u2019s appointment to the Supreme Court. Unfortunately, the fight does not seem to be over as Americans remain divided over Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n

Jim Daly, leader of Focus on the Family, said he was \u201cextremely pleased\u201d with the Senate\u2019s decision to confirm Kavanaugh\u2019s appointment. \u201cJudge Kavanaugh is a man of proven judicial temperament, fair and impartial to all who appear in his courtroom,\u201d Daly said. \u201c[Kavanaugh] has served almost three decades in public service. He deserves to sit on the nation’s highest court, and the nation will be greatly served because of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Similarly, Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council said, \u201c[Kavanaugh\u2019s] nomination and today’s confirmation were about the Constitution and the foundational freedoms it was designed to protect. Today was a major step in the journey to restore the Constitution to its rightful and intended role in our Republic.”<\/p>\n

Bishop Dwayne Royster, however, felt that Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation was \u201ca stain on the Court, the Congress and this country.\u201d The national political director for Faith in Action felt that the Senate\u2019s decision to confirm Kavanaugh was \u201cmore evidence that politicians have turned their backs on the people of this country\u2026We are deeply disappointed in this result and grieve for our country. And we pray Justice Kavanaugh rises above all expectations to meet the high-standards established by the U.S. Constitution and delivers liberty and justice for all.”<\/p>\n

Jim Wallis, president and founder of Sojourners, expressed similar sentiments. \u201cToday was a day of protest, rage, mourning, lament,\u201d he said. \u201cTomorrow we go on by going deeper; and learn that hope is not a feeling, but a decision \u2014 based on whatever we call faith. Stay strong and take care of each other.”<\/p>\n

Wallis went on to state that he felt Ford\u2019s \u201ctestimony was credible…[and] Kavanaugh’s angry partisanship, even in the face of what he claims (and perhaps even believes) are false allegations, belies the notion that he could be impartial in matters before the Court.\u201d<\/p>\n

Many people have claimed that Kavanaugh\u2019s anger was completely understandable given the nature of the accusations. Perkins, however, argued that the unproved allegations against Kavanaugh were more than a case of mistaken identity or misremembered moments on the behalf of Ford. Instead, the accusations were part of \u201can unimaginable smear campaign.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the first time in decades, this nomination brought with it the reality of returning to a truly constitutionalist court. Many on the Left couldn’t stand such a thought. And for that, he and his family have paid a tremendous price,” Perkins said. “While the vacancy on the court has been filled, the issue of how those on the Left will stop at nothing in their effort to use the court as the vehicle for their agenda will continue into Election Day and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n

Daly expressed a similar opinion about the media circus and political theater that surrounded Ford\u2019s allegations and Kavanaugh\u2019s confirmation.<\/p>\n

“This vote has always been about something other than Judge Kavanaugh, who is a good man and a fair and impartial jurist. Some see him as a possible fifth vote on the Court to overturn Roe v. Wade someday, since he appears to be more of a constitutionalist judge than the justice he is replacing, Anthony Kennedy,” Daly said. “As such, Judge Kavanaugh was a marked man before he was even nominated, as evidenced by protestors at the Supreme Court with fill-in-the-blank protest signs awaiting the President’s announcement of his pick on July 9th.”<\/p>\n

It is unlikely that the furor surrounding Judge Kavanaugh will die down in the coming weeks given the proximity of the midterm elections, but one can only hope that Americans will find a way to come back together and cease seeing those that disagree with their political ideas as the enemy. Only then will people on both sides of the aisle be able to do their jobs without constant fears of a potential political conspiracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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