The Kavanaugh saga has barely begun

Multiple ethics complaints have been filed against Kavanaugh in [...] the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, about his testimony in recent weeks in the US Senate and his response to allegations of sexual misconduct. The chief judge of the circuit normally handles ethics cases, but they have discretion to step aside if they conclude “circumstances warrant disqualification,” under the federal judiciary’s rules.

If the chief judge is disqualified, the complaint falls to the next most senior judge of the court, in this case Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson, who issued Saturday’s statement [that Chief Judge Merrick Garland has recused himself from those complaints]. The fact that the statement came from the DC Circuit suggests it hasn’t been transferred to another circuit.

  Buzzfeed

Merrick Garland is the chief judge of that court. There's no legal reason for him to recuse himself, but he recognized the "appearance" of bias that might sully the court's reputation and did the proper thing.

Any bets on whether Kavanaugh will recuse himself from ANY case?

In fact, if the complaints against him were ultimately taken to the Supreme Court, we really will have a Constitutional crisis.

BuzzFeed News has confirmed at least three complaints filed in the DC Circuit against Kavanaugh; two relate to his responses to allegations of sexual misconduct, including his controversial Senate testimony on Sept. 27, and one is about his Senate testimony at his first hearing in early September. Judicial misconduct complaints are normally not made public, but the people who file them aren’t prohibited from discussing them.

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Judicial ethics experts previously told BuzzFeed News that they expected the complaints filed against Kavanaugh to be dismissed if he’s confirmed to the Supreme Court. Lower court judges are subject to a code of conduct and an internal misconduct review system, but Supreme Court justices are not. Still, ethics experts said that Kavanaugh’s partisan rhetoric in his Senate hearing last week — including railing against “left-wing” groups — could be an ethical issue that follows him whether or not he is confirmed to the Supreme Court.

We're about to find out.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.