A Caribbean American legislator in New York has expressed outrage over the confirmation on Saturday of Brett Kavanaugh to the position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
The US Senate voted along party lines on Saturday to confirm Kavanaugh’s appointment.
“As if the accusations weren’t enough, he demonstrated the most egregious lack of judicial temperament, or even basic impartiality, ever before witnessed,” New York City Councilman Jumaane Williams, the son of Grenadian immigrants, told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) late on Saturday.
“This confirmation was about power and privilege, and the perverse desire to maintain those at all costs,” added Williams, a former candidate for New York State Lieutenant Governor, who represents the predominantly Caribbean 45th Council District in Brooklyn.
After days of demonstrations in Washington and outrage across America against his potential confirmation, the Senate voted 50-48 to elevate Kavanaugh to the highest court in the land.
Several women – including Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, a college psychology professor in California – had accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were teenagers.
