History Repeating

On the eve of Christine Blasey Ford testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee about a Supreme Court nominee allegedly assaulting her when they were in high school, Anita Hill warned an audience at the University of Utah's Cleone Peterson Eccles Alumni House not to discount the role power plays in our understanding of sexual harassment and abuse allegations. "Access to equal justice was what was at stake in 1991, and it's what at stake now," Hill said on Wednesday.

Christine Blasey Ford’s advantage over Brett Kavanaugh came down to one word: Demeanor

In 30 years as a prosecutor and lawyer, I've never seen a more credible witness than Christine Blasey Ford at Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court hearing. Christine Blasey Ford's advantage over Brett Kavanaugh came down to one word: Demeanor In 30 years as a prosecutor and lawyer, I've never seen a more credible witness than Christine Blasey Ford at Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court hearing.

Conservative pundit corrected on air after trying to blame Democrats for Kavanaugh debacle

A conservative commentator on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" insisted sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh may have been cooked up to keep him off the U.S. Supreme Court, but a former U.S. Attorney explained why his argument was ridiculous. John Podhoretz, editor of Commentary magazine, argued the stakes were too high not to consider the possibility that Christine Blasey Ford might have made up her claims, which he compared to the unsolicited tips any journalist receives from anonymous cranks.

Tim Mullaney: Why Kavanaugh needs to leave now

If you're like me, you've never been wrong in the workplace. Heavens, no! But if you're lucky like me, you had a boss who asked the question my best boss asked me: Which brings us to why Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has to withdraw his nomination to be an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: It's too late for him to be effective, ever.

How to watch the Christine Blasey Ford-Brett Kavanaugh hearings live – and what to expect

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford are both scheduled to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill on Thursday beginning at 10 a.m. ET. Kavanaugh is a deeply divisive nominee - more Americans oppose his nomination than support it , according to a new poll.

Fiery Brett Kavanaugh denies quiet accuser Ford in Senate showdown

In an emotional day like few others in Senate history, California psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford quietly but firmly recounted her "100 percent" certainty Thursday that President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court had sexually assaulted her when they were teenagers - and then Brett Kavanaugh defiantly testified he was "100 percent certain" he did no such thing. That left senators to decide whether the long day tipped their confirmation votes for or against Trump's nominee in a deeply partisan fight with the future of the high court and possibly control of Congress in the balance.

As hearing looms, GOP’s woman problem never more apparent

Eleven Republican men, backed by a Republican president plagued by sex scandal, will soon judge the credibility of a woman accusing President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault. Ahead of the extraordinary moment, never has the GOP's problem with women been more apparent.

In Shelton, former neighbors divided on Ramirez’s accusations

This undated photo provided by Safehouse Progressive Alliance for Nonviolence shows Deborah Ramirez. Ramirez went public with allegations that while in his first year at Yale University, Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh placed his penis in front of her and caused her to involuntarily touch it during a drunken dormitory party.

As Ford Polygraph Made Public, Senate Judiciary Democrats Unified: Kavanaugh Should ‘Immediately Withdraw’

Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Senator Dianne Feinstein , speaks during a news conference denouncing the White House's withholding of documents on Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh outside of the U.S. Supreme Court on September 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. Also pictured are Sen. Mazie Hirono , Sen. Chris Coons , Sen. Cory Booker , Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin , Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse , Sen. Richard Blumenthal , Sen. Kamala Harris , and Sen. Patrick Leahy .

Who is the Arizona prosecutor chosen to question Kavanaugh and his accuser?

Hoping to salvage the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh and cement a conservative majority on the U.S. Supreme Court for a generation, Republicans have chosen a woman who prosecuted sex crimes in Arizona to question President Donald Trump's nominee about sexual assault allegations. Rachel Mitchell is seen in this Maricopa County Attorney's Office photo from Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., released on September 26, 2018.

Supreme Court nominee accuser says it is ‘civic duty’ to testify

The woman accusing U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her decades ago said in written testimony released on Wednesday that she believes it is her civic duty to testify at a high-stakes Senate hearing. U.S. Senate drink coasters sit beside the microphone at the witness table in the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing room where Dr Christine Blasey Ford and U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh will testify is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 26, 2018.