It is not that often that four of a judicial nominee's high school and college classmates go on the record to question his honesty. But so it goes with Brett Kavanaugh, Donald Trump's post-truth Supreme Court nominee.

Last Thursday, Kavanaugh testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee in a hearing, which was heavily rigged in his favor because Republicans limited senators to five minutes of questioning and disallowed any other witnesses, on Christine Blasey Ford's allegations of sexual assault against him. As in previous interviews and testimony, his statements were riddled with misrepresentations, diversions, and outright lies, so much so that The New York Times posted a fact-check, Vox made a chart of every time Kavanaugh dodged a question, and Current Affairs' Nathan Robinson dissected the testimony in an exhaustive 10,000-word refutation, "How We Know Kavanaugh Is Lying."

After the hearing, Kavanaugh's Georgetown Prep classmate Sean Hagan posted on Facebook: "So angry. So disgusted. So sad. Integrity? Character? Honesty?" Yale classmate Chad Ludington, a professor at North Carolina State University, issued a statement saying that he was "deeply troubled" by Kavanaugh's "blatant mischaracterization" and "cringed" while watching his testimony under oath. "I can unequivocally say that in denying the possibility that he ever blacked out from drinking, and in downplaying the degree and frequency of his drinking, Brett has not told the truth," wrote Ludington.

Two more Yale classmates granted interviews to CNN. "There were a lot of texts flying around that night about how he was lying to the Senate Judiciary Committee," Lynne Brookes, a college friend and registered Republican, told Chris Cuomo. Another college friend, Liz Swisher, a Democrat and professor of gynecologic oncology, was equally outraged by Kavanaugh's dissembling performance. "To lie under oath. To blur…the difference between truth and lies, that's just terrible," said Swisher in a different interview with Cuomo. "It's not about women versus men. It's not about Democrats versus Republicans. It's about the integrity of the Supreme Court."

Not all Republicans were to be troubled by Kavanaugh's disregard for the whole truth and nothing but the truth, with National Review editor Rich Lowry making the case to NPR that his lack of frankness was justified. Those who thought that the FBI investigation initiated by Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.)—who appeared on 60 Minutes with Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.), saying that Kavanaugh's nomination should be over if he lied to the committee—would lead to a more honest interrogation of the facts were met with the same kind of partisan stonewalling. "I thought it was going to be an investigation," a Yale classmate attempting to corroborate Debbie Ramirez's allegation of sexual misconduct told The New Yorker. "But instead it seems it's just an alibi for Republicans to vote for Kavanaugh."

The thing is that Kavanaugh doesn't just lie about his drinking or circumstances that may implicate him in a crime, which, while perhaps an understandable human reaction, is baseline disqualifying for serving on the highest court in the land. He lies about big things. He lies about small things. If you've been trying to keep up, here's a running list of all of Kavanaugh's lies thus far.

"No president has ever consulted more widely or talked with more people from more backgrounds to seek input about a Supreme Court nomination."

Date: July 9, 2018

Under Oath: Nope, just in front of his wife, two daughters, and the American people!

To kick off his nomination to the highest court in the land, Kavanaugh introduced himself to the American public with this preposterously fantastical and unknowable pronouncement as an obsequious gesture to Trump. There may seem to be pressure to genuflect to a wannabe authoritarian who exchanges love letters with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and whose sycophantic cabinet members shower him with effusive praise in meetings. But Gorsuch did no such thing in his nomination speech, instead maintaining an appropriately respectful manner. File this one under: Come the fuck on.

"I grew up in a city plagued by gun violence and gang violence and drug violence."

Date: September 5, 2018

Under Oath: Uh, yeah