WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2018 — The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary sent a letter to the leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee today telling them that the evaluation of Brett Kavanaugh was being reopened due to new information of a material nature regarding temperament during from Kavanaugh’s September 27 hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. A copy of the letter can be read here.
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