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With Alums Revolting, Brett Kavanaugh's Harvard Teaching Gig Ends

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The Supreme Court nominee -- accused of sexual misconduct by numerous women -- is not returning to teach this year, and likely not again in the future.

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As a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, Brett Kavanaugh has taught courses at Harvard Law School for about 10 years, but his days at the prestigious institution may be over.

More than 800 Harvard Law alumni recently signed a letter urging Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh -- facing accusations of perjury, sexual misconduct, and an unstable temperament -- to be removed from the school's roster of professors and instructors. A representative of the law school announced Monday that Kavanaugh would not teach his course, "The Supreme Court Since 2005," this winter, The Harvard Crimson reports.

"Today, Judge Kavanaugh indicated that he can no longer commit to teaching his course in January Term 2019, so the course will not be offered," Catherine Claypoole of the school's curriculum committee wrote to students in an email.

It's not clear if the alumni were successful in pushing Kavanaugh out or if he resigned with the hope that he'd be confirmed to the Supreme Court and therefore be unavailable.

Controversy over Kavanaugh has "roiled" the campus, with many students and alumni objecting to the right-wing nominee's presence at Harvard, rhe Crimson reports. Before the announcement that his January class was canceled, some students were planning to object to Kavanaugh on Title IX grounds. Title IX is a federal law that bans sex discrimination in education.

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.
Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.