Let's take a look at the parents of Judge Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey.
His Parents Are Everett Edward Kavanaugh Jr. & Martha Gamble Kavanaugh
Judge Brett Kavanaugh parents, Martha Kavanaugh (L) and Everett Edward Kavanaugh (C), look on as he testifies during the second day of his US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to be an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court. (Brett is their only child.)
Brett said his mom taught in largely African-American schools and taught him the importance of equality for all. “I was lucky,” he said. “My mom was a teacher. In the 1960s and ‘70s, she taught history at two largely African American public high schools in Washington DC… Her example taught me the importance of equality for all Americans. ”
Brett Kavanaugh also spoke about his father, Ed, at the nomination press conference, revealing, “my dad went to law school at night while working full-time. He has an unparalleled work ethic and has passed down to me his passion for playing and watching sports. I love him dearly.”
From 1995 to 2001, Martha Gamble Kavanaugh was a Maryland Circuit Court Judge. She retired on June 2, 2001. Martha was also the Assistant State’s Attorney in Montgomery County from 1978 to 1984. She was a member of the Spouse Abuse Commission in Montgomery County in 1982, and a member of the Character Committee on the Court of Appeals from 1990 to 1993.
Martha got her bachelor’s from Trinity College and her law degree from Washington College of Law, The American University, in 1978.
Public records indicate that his dad, Everett Kavanaugh Jr., is a retired attorney.
https://heavy.com/news/2018/07/brett-kavanaug...y-parents/
How Brett Kavanaugh’s religious upbringing shaped his thinking
He attended Mater Dei school for boys, which provides “an accelerated yet basic Catholic education in which character development is emphasized and appreciated as much as academic accomplishments” for grades one through eight.
He then moved on to high school at Georgetown Preparatory, the only Jesuit boarding school in the U.S. Both schools had a profound effect on the man Kavanaugh became.
William G. McMurtrie, now headmaster of Mater Dei, remembers Kavanaugh from their time attending the school, where the day began with a Catholic religion class.
“In the seventh grade every year, we award the highest honor of Mater Dei,” McMurtrie told Yahoo News.
“ It’s called the Headmaster’s Award, and it’s given to one student who best exemplifies the school’s philosophy of work hard, play hard, but most importantly, be a good guy .
And Brett won that award. He won it not just because he was without question the best student in his class — because the award isn’t necessarily based on academics — but on his character.”[ /b]
With this award, the faculty was recognizing something special in Kavanaugh. He was deemed to be the hardest worker; he made a positive impact, had an active concern for others, respected adults and peers, and demonstrated good sportsmanship , according to McMurtrie.
“His marks in those more important areas were always exemplary,” McMurtrie said. “His teachers — many of them who’re still around, and one’s still working at Mater Dei — will tell you he was not only the brightest student in that class but also the kindest and most well-rounded.”
Monsignor John Enzler, president and CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, has known Kavanaugh for 40 years. They met when Kavanaugh was his altar boy at Little Flower Church in Bethesda. They would also see each other at masses at Mater Dei, where Enzler was a chaplain. Years later, he was a witness at Kavanaugh’s marriage to Ashley Estes.
“ At Georgetown Prep, you saw him catch the spirit of their theme, which is ‘be a man for others,’” Enzler told Yahoo News. “Jesuit schools are about giving back. I saw his willingness to try to give back and do things for other people. … He really got the DNA of giving, sharing and faith .”
Enzler said there’s a strong belief in living according to God’s values at the Catholic schools Kavanaugh attended.
They emphasize justice, fairness, helping those in need, watching over the poor, giving back to others and being a consistent person of goodness.
“Those are things they instill,” Enzler said. “Then you watch people and see them trying to live those values. For many people, they take hold and become the values of their life.”
Enzler was in his 30s when Kavanaugh was a teenager. He said that in many ways Kavanaugh and his friends were just regular teenagers — loud, funny, tongue-in-cheek — but that they were also active with service projects starting around confirmation. He said Kavanaugh never fell into a bad crowd and lived out Jesuit values, even on weekends.
“You know, teenage parties can be a little wild, a little crazy, but I don’t remember seeing much of that from the kids,” Enzler said. “These were not kids going out and getting drunk or using drugs. They were already living the values when they had very little adult supervision. They just knew who they were.”
Georgetown Prep history teacher Stephen Ochs said Kavanaugh had an intense interest in government, politics and history as a teenager.
“He was someone who through his actions earned the respect of people,” Ochs said. “ He would enter the moment he was in. So if he’s playing football, he’s in that moment. If he’s in class, he’s in that moment. If he’s in the chapel, he’s in that moment. ”
He was also a fierce competitor — he was captain of the basketball team and played football, despite being on the smaller side — but never reached for the spotlight , according to Ochs.
“I’m sure the most painful part of the confirmation process for him was giving that speech and having to talk about himself,” Ochs said. “He’s really a humble guy. I think his humility is reflected in his judicial temperament. It’s the legislature that makes the law; judges apply them. If they don’t like something, that’s irrelevant. They have to abide by the law. ”
In the early 1980s, Ochs divided his students into defense and prosecution teams for a mock trial about President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. More than any other student in his class, Kavanaugh’s performance made an impression.
“Well, he poured into that,” Ochs said. “ He studied both sides. He had the arguments down. He had the counterarguments ready. When he did it, he was really amazing to watch in the classroom — that stands out in my mind.”
An aerial view of Georgetown Preparatory School.
Kavanaugh’s judicial philosophy is also clearly informed by his faith. Jesuits are members of the Society of Jesus, a scholarly order of more than 16,000 Catholic priests and brothers dedicated to the “greater glory of God” and the good of all humanity. They’re renowned for the intellectual rigor of their scholarship and well-known for their social justice outreach. Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope.
Father Tom Gaunt, a Jesuit of the Maryland Province and executive director at Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, said Jesuit high schools like Georgetown Prep provide a strong grounding in the liberal arts as well as an intellectual focus on understanding one’s faith and acting on it.
“ There’s the Jesuit theme about the care of the person, which becomes translated as ‘There’s not an anonymous mass here. There’s always a living a breathing person standing in front of you who either benefits or suffers from the consequences of your choices and actions,’” Gaunt told Yahoo News. “ As a young man at the school, that would’ve been brought up to him and he would have reflected on that again and again. ”
Enzler said Kavanaugh caught “a little bit more of the Jesuit spirit” and its accompanying intellectual gifts.
“ His Jesuit education plus Yale College plus Yale Law School — he’s a very smart and intellectually gifted guy — puts you in a place where you can really study the Constitution and make decisions that are in line with what this country needs, ” Enzler said.
Everyone interviewed for this story agreed that Kavanaugh’s parents raised him to be socially conscious of those who are less fortunate.
Before she entered law, his mother, Martha Kavanaugh, was a history teacher at predominantly African-American public high schools in Washington, D.C. Kavanaugh said her example taught him the importance of equality for all Americans.
Kavanaugh regularly volunteers with the John Carroll Society, an organization of Catholic professionals, and with Catholic Charities, serving meals to the homeless. Despite his heavy workload, Enzler said, the judge is almost always there on the street serving meatloaf, mashed potatoes, pasta and other dishes.
“That helps Catholic Charities tremendously,” Enzler said. “It gives an example to others that a busy guy like Brett’s doing it. It also speaks to what we’re all called to do, which is take care of those who are poor and in need. ”
Kavanaugh is also a lector at his parish in Washington, The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, where he has coached his daughters’ basketball teams for the past seven years.
President Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, his wife, Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, and their daughters, Margaret and Liza, after Trump announced his nomination.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/brett-kavanaughs-r...52610.html
https://heavy.com/news/2018/09/martha-kavanau...other-mom/
Christine Blasey's parents are Ralph and Paula Blasey
No pictures of them have been found. They appear to have spent a lot of time in courtrooms. Eight court cases in six years is quite remarkable. In five of them, Ms. Ford’s mother was the defendant.
The second case simply affirmed the confessed judgment that they owed over $131,000.
The next case was with a different bank. Same result. Confessed judgment. Amount: over $107,000. So that’s over $238,000 in judgements in a four month period in 1994.
The next case began two years later, in 1996. That was the foreclosure case that @RAMRANTS uncovered.
The next case dates back to 1982 and was a stet case.
(A stet case is a criminal case that is set aside but capable of being resurrected. I think it’s comparable to our (TX) deferred adjudication. So long as you promise to behave, we won’t pursue this. )
The next case was another judgment, this one in 1990, for $116,000 plus.
Ralph G. Blasey case: casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inq…
In 1984, Mr. Blasey was charged with DWI. He entered a plea and had the incident report sealed.
He had another case in 2000 where he was the plaintiff. He won a $100,000 judgment. For once he as on the winning side. casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inq…
In 1978 he was sued for Breach of Contract. The case was settled. casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inq…
In 1984 he was sued for failure to pay a debt. Judgment was entered against him. casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inq…
So a picture emerges of a man who has a drinking problem & a tendency to get behind on his payments.
A guy who has a frequent visitors pass to the MD court system. This is who raised Christine Blasey Ford and taught her morals and ethics.
The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1041727441922867200.html
His Parents Are Everett Edward Kavanaugh Jr. & Martha Gamble Kavanaugh
Judge Brett Kavanaugh parents, Martha Kavanaugh (L) and Everett Edward Kavanaugh (C), look on as he testifies during the second day of his US Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing to be an Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court. (Brett is their only child.)
Brett said his mom taught in largely African-American schools and taught him the importance of equality for all. “I was lucky,” he said. “My mom was a teacher. In the 1960s and ‘70s, she taught history at two largely African American public high schools in Washington DC… Her example taught me the importance of equality for all Americans. ”
Brett Kavanaugh also spoke about his father, Ed, at the nomination press conference, revealing, “my dad went to law school at night while working full-time. He has an unparalleled work ethic and has passed down to me his passion for playing and watching sports. I love him dearly.”
From 1995 to 2001, Martha Gamble Kavanaugh was a Maryland Circuit Court Judge. She retired on June 2, 2001. Martha was also the Assistant State’s Attorney in Montgomery County from 1978 to 1984. She was a member of the Spouse Abuse Commission in Montgomery County in 1982, and a member of the Character Committee on the Court of Appeals from 1990 to 1993.
Martha got her bachelor’s from Trinity College and her law degree from Washington College of Law, The American University, in 1978.
Public records indicate that his dad, Everett Kavanaugh Jr., is a retired attorney.
https://heavy.com/news/2018/07/brett-kavanaug...y-parents/
How Brett Kavanaugh’s religious upbringing shaped his thinking
He attended Mater Dei school for boys, which provides “an accelerated yet basic Catholic education in which character development is emphasized and appreciated as much as academic accomplishments” for grades one through eight.
He then moved on to high school at Georgetown Preparatory, the only Jesuit boarding school in the U.S. Both schools had a profound effect on the man Kavanaugh became.
William G. McMurtrie, now headmaster of Mater Dei, remembers Kavanaugh from their time attending the school, where the day began with a Catholic religion class.
“In the seventh grade every year, we award the highest honor of Mater Dei,” McMurtrie told Yahoo News.
“ It’s called the Headmaster’s Award, and it’s given to one student who best exemplifies the school’s philosophy of work hard, play hard, but most importantly, be a good guy .
And Brett won that award. He won it not just because he was without question the best student in his class — because the award isn’t necessarily based on academics — but on his character.”[ /b]
With this award, the faculty was recognizing something special in Kavanaugh. He was deemed to be the hardest worker; he made a positive impact, had an active concern for others, respected adults and peers, and demonstrated good sportsmanship , according to McMurtrie.
“His marks in those more important areas were always exemplary,” McMurtrie said. “His teachers — many of them who’re still around, and one’s still working at Mater Dei — will tell you he was not only the brightest student in that class but also the kindest and most well-rounded.”
Monsignor John Enzler, president and CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, has known Kavanaugh for 40 years. They met when Kavanaugh was his altar boy at Little Flower Church in Bethesda. They would also see each other at masses at Mater Dei, where Enzler was a chaplain. Years later, he was a witness at Kavanaugh’s marriage to Ashley Estes.
“ At Georgetown Prep, you saw him catch the spirit of their theme, which is ‘be a man for others,’” Enzler told Yahoo News. “Jesuit schools are about giving back. I saw his willingness to try to give back and do things for other people. … He really got the DNA of giving, sharing and faith .”
Enzler said there’s a strong belief in living according to God’s values at the Catholic schools Kavanaugh attended.
They emphasize justice, fairness, helping those in need, watching over the poor, giving back to others and being a consistent person of goodness.
“Those are things they instill,” Enzler said. “Then you watch people and see them trying to live those values. For many people, they take hold and become the values of their life.”
Enzler was in his 30s when Kavanaugh was a teenager. He said that in many ways Kavanaugh and his friends were just regular teenagers — loud, funny, tongue-in-cheek — but that they were also active with service projects starting around confirmation. He said Kavanaugh never fell into a bad crowd and lived out Jesuit values, even on weekends.
“You know, teenage parties can be a little wild, a little crazy, but I don’t remember seeing much of that from the kids,” Enzler said. “These were not kids going out and getting drunk or using drugs. They were already living the values when they had very little adult supervision. They just knew who they were.”
Georgetown Prep history teacher Stephen Ochs said Kavanaugh had an intense interest in government, politics and history as a teenager.
“He was someone who through his actions earned the respect of people,” Ochs said. “ He would enter the moment he was in. So if he’s playing football, he’s in that moment. If he’s in class, he’s in that moment. If he’s in the chapel, he’s in that moment. ”
He was also a fierce competitor — he was captain of the basketball team and played football, despite being on the smaller side — but never reached for the spotlight , according to Ochs.
“I’m sure the most painful part of the confirmation process for him was giving that speech and having to talk about himself,” Ochs said. “He’s really a humble guy. I think his humility is reflected in his judicial temperament. It’s the legislature that makes the law; judges apply them. If they don’t like something, that’s irrelevant. They have to abide by the law. ”
In the early 1980s, Ochs divided his students into defense and prosecution teams for a mock trial about President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan. More than any other student in his class, Kavanaugh’s performance made an impression.
“Well, he poured into that,” Ochs said. “ He studied both sides. He had the arguments down. He had the counterarguments ready. When he did it, he was really amazing to watch in the classroom — that stands out in my mind.”
An aerial view of Georgetown Preparatory School.
Kavanaugh’s judicial philosophy is also clearly informed by his faith. Jesuits are members of the Society of Jesus, a scholarly order of more than 16,000 Catholic priests and brothers dedicated to the “greater glory of God” and the good of all humanity. They’re renowned for the intellectual rigor of their scholarship and well-known for their social justice outreach. Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope.
Father Tom Gaunt, a Jesuit of the Maryland Province and executive director at Georgetown University’s Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, said Jesuit high schools like Georgetown Prep provide a strong grounding in the liberal arts as well as an intellectual focus on understanding one’s faith and acting on it.
“ There’s the Jesuit theme about the care of the person, which becomes translated as ‘There’s not an anonymous mass here. There’s always a living a breathing person standing in front of you who either benefits or suffers from the consequences of your choices and actions,’” Gaunt told Yahoo News. “ As a young man at the school, that would’ve been brought up to him and he would have reflected on that again and again. ”
Enzler said Kavanaugh caught “a little bit more of the Jesuit spirit” and its accompanying intellectual gifts.
“ His Jesuit education plus Yale College plus Yale Law School — he’s a very smart and intellectually gifted guy — puts you in a place where you can really study the Constitution and make decisions that are in line with what this country needs, ” Enzler said.
Everyone interviewed for this story agreed that Kavanaugh’s parents raised him to be socially conscious of those who are less fortunate.
Before she entered law, his mother, Martha Kavanaugh, was a history teacher at predominantly African-American public high schools in Washington, D.C. Kavanaugh said her example taught him the importance of equality for all Americans.
Kavanaugh regularly volunteers with the John Carroll Society, an organization of Catholic professionals, and with Catholic Charities, serving meals to the homeless. Despite his heavy workload, Enzler said, the judge is almost always there on the street serving meatloaf, mashed potatoes, pasta and other dishes.
“That helps Catholic Charities tremendously,” Enzler said. “It gives an example to others that a busy guy like Brett’s doing it. It also speaks to what we’re all called to do, which is take care of those who are poor and in need. ”
Kavanaugh is also a lector at his parish in Washington, The Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, where he has coached his daughters’ basketball teams for the past seven years.
President Trump, Brett Kavanaugh, his wife, Ashley Estes Kavanaugh, and their daughters, Margaret and Liza, after Trump announced his nomination.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/brett-kavanaughs-r...52610.html
https://heavy.com/news/2018/09/martha-kavanau...other-mom/
Christine Blasey's parents are Ralph and Paula Blasey
No pictures of them have been found. They appear to have spent a lot of time in courtrooms. Eight court cases in six years is quite remarkable. In five of them, Ms. Ford’s mother was the defendant.
The second case simply affirmed the confessed judgment that they owed over $131,000.
The next case was with a different bank. Same result. Confessed judgment. Amount: over $107,000. So that’s over $238,000 in judgements in a four month period in 1994.
The next case began two years later, in 1996. That was the foreclosure case that @RAMRANTS uncovered.
The next case dates back to 1982 and was a stet case.
(A stet case is a criminal case that is set aside but capable of being resurrected. I think it’s comparable to our (TX) deferred adjudication. So long as you promise to behave, we won’t pursue this. )
The next case was another judgment, this one in 1990, for $116,000 plus.
Ralph G. Blasey case: casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inq…
In 1984, Mr. Blasey was charged with DWI. He entered a plea and had the incident report sealed.
He had another case in 2000 where he was the plaintiff. He won a $100,000 judgment. For once he as on the winning side. casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inq…
In 1978 he was sued for Breach of Contract. The case was settled. casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inq…
In 1984 he was sued for failure to pay a debt. Judgment was entered against him. casesearch.courts.state.md.us/casesearch/inq…
So a picture emerges of a man who has a drinking problem & a tendency to get behind on his payments.
A guy who has a frequent visitors pass to the MD court system. This is who raised Christine Blasey Ford and taught her morals and ethics.
The apple didn’t fall far from the tree.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1041727441922867200.html
