statements from countless personal friends, classmates, co-workers, former clerks and other associates. so the picture that emerged from all of this is clear. judge kavanaugh is one of the most qualified and most impressive supreme court nominees in the history of our country. he's excelled at the highest levels of legal scholarship. he holds two degrees from yale, and for years has lectured at the harvard law school. he's issued more than 300 legal opinions from what is widely considered the second highest court in the nation. several have subsequently been cited in the supreme court's own majority opinions. along the way he has built an outstanding reputation within the legal community for his clear, thoughtful writing, his exemplary, fair-minded judicial temperament. judge kavanaugh's qualifications have been affirmed by his peer and renowned legal scholars