text: Technically, that statement is true ― but it certainly wasn’t legal for Kavanaugh, who lived in Maryland. In the summer of 1982, seven months before he turned 18, the state raised the legal drinking age for beer and wine from 18 to 21. (It was already 21 for hard liquor.)
  Those who were 18 or older at the time were “grandfathered” in, so they could continue to drink legally. That, however, did not apply to Kavanaugh: He didn’t turn 18 until the following February.
  Apart from his alcoholism, that he almost certainly is not innocent of all allegations, and the hyperpartisanship he displayed at the hearing on Thursday Kavanaugh also displayed at the hearing that he does not have the temperament to be a judge.
  Further, Kavanaugh has spent a great deal of time at the White House working out a strategy to get confirmed, practicing his testimony, revealing his weaknesses that might be a problem and so on.
  The founding fathers were adamant that the judiciary be independent of the president that appoints them and in no way indebted to him/her.