Donald Trump, first lady attend ceremony for Brett Kavanaugh
The Supreme Court of the United States poses with President Donald
Trump, First Lady Melania Trump and Mrs. Ashley Kavanaugh prior to the
investiture ceremony at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 8.
From left to right: Associate Justices Neil M. Gorsuch, Sonia
Sotomayor, Stephen G. Breyer, Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice John G.
Roberts, Jr., President Donald J. Trump, First Lady Melania Trump,
Associate Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh and Mrs. Ashley Kavanaugh, and
Associate Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr. and Elena Kagan. Photo by
Supreme Court of the United States/UPI | License Photo
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump attended the
investiture ceremony for newly appointed Supreme Court Justice Brett
Kavanaugh Thursday.
The investiture is a welcoming ceremony held for new justices and was
attended by many members of the Washington, D.C., conservative legal
community, according to The Hill newspaper.
Amy Howe, a former editor of SCOTUS Blog, said many judges of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, where Kavanaugh
judged previously, attended the ceremony. That included Merrick Garland,
who was nominated in 2016 by President Barack Obama to fill the seat
that Justice Neil Gorsuch now holds but never got a hearing.
The Trumps were joined by Federalist Society executive vice president
Leonard Leo, former White House Counsel Don McGahn, Senate Majority
Leader Mitch McConnell and his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine
Chao, former Clinton independent counsel Kenneth Starr and U.S. Sen.
Lindsey Graham.
Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker formally requested that
Kavanaugh's commission be read and accepted by the court during the
ceremony. The commission was signed by former Attorney General Jeff
Sessions, who resigned Wednesday.
"With the ceremony nearing the end, Kavanaugh ascends to the bench to
take the judicial oath," Howe wrote. "On his way to the middle of the
bench, where the chief justice (John Roberts) is waiting, Kavanaugh
passes Gorsuch and Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer and Clarence
Thomas and shakes hands with them.
"After taking the oath, Kavanaugh then moves toward his seat on the far
opposite end of the bench, shaking hands with Justices Samuel Alito and
Elena Kagan along the way. After Roberts issues a 'warm welcome' to
Kavanaugh, the ceremony is over - although a reception, to which the
press corps is not invited, will likely go on for far longer than the
six-minute ceremony," she continued.
The most notable absence from the ceremony was Justice Ruth Bader
Ginsburg, who was recovering at George Washington University Hospital
after breaking three ribs in a fall at the Supreme Court building
Wednesday evening, according to a statement from the court.
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