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Nor should a judge give the impression of being consumed by hatred for one of the main political parties.
法官也不應留下一種被對主要政黨之一的仇恨所吞噬的印象。
Mr Kavanaugh described the allegations against him as "a political hit",
卡瓦諾稱針對他的指控是“政治打擊”、
"revenge on behalf of the Clintons"
“為克林頓夫婦復仇”，
and the fruit of "millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups".
還有“來自外部左翼反對派組織的數百萬美元資金”的成果。
Defenders of Mr Kavanaugh, worried about an open season on powerful men,
卡瓦諾先生的辯護者們，擔心會對有權勢的人展開自由抨擊，
point out that any innocent person in his position would rage against his accusers.
指出任何處于卡瓦諾這個地位的無辜之人都會對指控他的人大發雷霆。
Yet Mr Kavanaugh was not just angry, but conspiratorial.
但卡瓦諾不僅僅是憤怒，而是心懷陰謀。
He chose to direct his fury at the Democrats personally, as if he were a signed-up member of the other side.
他親自選擇將憤怒發泄在民主黨身上，就好像他是另一邊的簽約成員一樣。
As it happens, that is precisely what Democrats have always alleged—and how Republicans are now honouring him.
碰巧，這正是民主黨人所宣稱的——也是共和黨人將卡瓦諾引以為榮的地方。
Before he became a judge, Mr Kavanaugh worked for Ken Starr on the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
在卡瓦諾成為法官之前，他在彈劾比爾·克林頓時為肯·斯塔爾工作。
He was part of George W. Bush’s legal team, which opposed a recount in Florida in 2000, and later worked in the Bush White House.
當時他是喬治·沃克·布什法律團隊中的一員（2000年在佛羅里達州，這個法律團隊當時反對重新計票），之后供職于布什白宮。
This explains why hostility to Mr Kavanaugh has eclipsed that faced by Neil Gorsuch, who joined the Supreme Court last year.
這就解釋了為什么對卡瓦奇的敵意比去年加入最高法院的尼爾·戈薩奇還多。
Mr Kavanaugh says he put party allegiance aside on becoming a judge.
卡瓦奇說他把黨派忠誠放于法官職責之后。
After last week, that claim looks misleading, too.
自上周以來，這種說法看起來也有誤導性。
It is hard to see how someone who harbours such feelings can decide cases on gerrymandering, say, in a credibly non-partisan way.
很難想象有這種感覺的人如何處理不公正地劃分選區的案件，或者說是如何以一種可信的無黨派方式處理這種案件。
Mr Kavanaugh's conservative judicial philosophy is not a problem.
卡瓦諾堅持保守的司法哲學沒什么問題，
His visible loathing of Democrats is.
問題是他對民主的厭惡不言而喻。
That is not just our opinion.
不僅僅是我們這樣認為。
In 2015 a prominent jurist told the Catholic University of America: "A good judge, like a good umpire, cannot act as a partisan...
2015年，一位杰出的法學家告訴美國天主教大學：“一個好的法官，就像一個好的裁判，不能代表黨派……
If you are playing the Yankees, you don't want the umpires to show up wearing pinstripes."
如果你是洋基棒球隊的球員，你不會希望裁判穿著細條紋球衣。”
The jurist's name was Brett Kavanaugh.
這個法學家就是布雷特·卡瓦諾。
