Harvard won’t be offering Brett Kavanaugh’s course on the Supreme Court to students next year, the college revealed in an email.
The judge has been teaching a course on the modern Supreme Court, which typically starts in January, since 2009.
But it will not be offered in 2019 after Kavanaugh told Catherine Claypoole, the Dean for Academic and Faculty Affairs, that he could not commit to teaching it.
Brett Kavanaugh’s course on the modern Supreme Court which he has taught at Harvard since 2009 will not be offered in 2019, the college says (file image)
Dean Catherine Claypoole said in an email that Kavanaugh informed her he cannot commit to teaching the class, so it will be withdrawn
It is not clear if the course will be offered again in the future, with students telling Huffington Post that there is ‘tons of speculation right now’ on campus.
In an email sent out on Monday evening, Ms Claypoole wrote: ‘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.’
Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court this summer by President Trump, but the process is currently stalled in the Senate amid a slew of sexual assault allegations against him.
The FBI is conducting a week-long investigation into his background after the Senate Judiciary Committee heard testimony from Christine Blasey Ford, a professor who accused Kavanaugh of attempting to rape her at a party in the 1980s.
Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court has stalled in the Senate amid sexual assault allegations by three women
President Trump says he ordered the bureau to investigate whether there is any truth to these claims, but limited them to just seven days to do so.
As part of the probe, agents are expected to interview Deborah Ramirez who said Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a similar party in the Eighties.
However, the probe is not believed to include Juile Swetnick, who claims she saw Kavanaugh ‘sloppy drunk’ at parties and behaving inappropriately around women.
She claims he groped girl and pushed them against walls, and alleges that he was present at a party where she was gang-raped, though cannot say if he was involved.
Kavanaugh has vociferously denied allegations by all three women.