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Judge Robert Bork used to tell a prescient and darkly humorous story about watching Clarence Thomas' Senate confirmation hearings - etched in pre-hashtag history as the "Thomas-Hill hearings," in homage to Anita Hill's role as the Left's heroic accuser. As he viewed Thomas' "high-tech lynching" in horror, Bork recalled, a friend of his, the iconic Irving Kristol, approached and asked him what was happening.
President Trump said Tuesday that Democrats were intentionally playing politics with his Supreme Court nomination in waiting until the 11th hour to spring attempted sexual assault allegations on him. "They knew what they were doing," Mr. Trump said, casting Democrats' strategy as part of the long-standing liberal goal of resisting the president's agenda at every turn.
Talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh told his listeners that Americans who are confused by the circus-like atmosphere surrounding Judge Brett Kavanaugh 's road to the U.S. Supreme Court fail to comprehend the Democrats' modus operandi: "They need to destroy anybody credible who opposes them." Accusations by Christine Blasey Ford that President Trump 's pick for the high court tried to rape her in his teens has thrown a wrench into the voting plans of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, but Mr. Limbaugh said Monday it all was rather predictable.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he feels "terribly" for Judge Brett Kavanaugh, his Supreme Court nominee who could face off in a high-stakes hearing next week with a woman who has accused him of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers. "I feel so badly that he's going through this," Trump said during a news conference at the White House.
University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Oct. 11, 1991. When I first called Anita Hill in 1991 to ask her, out of the blue, if she had been sexually harassed by then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, she was very reluctant to give me any details.
The Senate cannot move forward with this lifetime appointment to the highest court in the land without considering the results of a fair, non-partisan, and complete process. Over the weekend, details of serious charges of sexual assault alleged to have been committed by Judge Brett Kavanaugh became public, as did the name of the woman raising these allegations.
Nearly a year old and still making headlines almost daily, the #MeToo movement faces a dramatic test of its impact and staying power in the sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
'Polar opposite of the Brett I know': Two of Brett Kavanaugh's previous girlfriends speak out to defend the judge following sexual harassment accusations Christine Blasey Ford has accused Kavanaugh of attacking and attempting to rape her at a party when she was 15 and he was 17 Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's former girlfriends are speaking out to clear his name following accusations of sexual harassment from his teenage days.
Prof. Anita Hill-who became a national figure in 1991 when she accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment-has urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to redeem itself from her case when it hears the case against Brett Kavanaugh. Writing in The New York Times , Hill says: "In 1991, the Senate Judiciary Committee had an opportunity to demonstrate its appreciation for both the seriousness of sexual harassment claims and the need for public confidence in the character of a nominee to the Supreme Court.
It is almost impossible to overstate the damage done to America's moral compass by taking the charges leveled against Judge Brett Kavanaugh seriously. Those who claim the charges against Judge Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford are important and worth investigating, and that they ultimately, if believed, invalidate his candidacy for the U.S. Supreme Court are stating that: a) What a middle-aged adult did in high school is all we need to know to evaluate an individual's character -- even when his entire adult life has been impeccable.
Republicans on Monday abruptly called Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault decades ago to testify publicly next week, grudgingly setting up a dramatic showdown they hoped would prevent the allegation from sinking his nomination to the Supreme Court. Senate leaders announced the move under pressure from fellow Republicans who wanted a fuller, open examination of the allegations from Christine Blasey Ford, a college professor in California.
Hassan and U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, both Democrats from New Hampshire, announced last week that they planned to vote against Kavanaugh, a U.S. Circuit Court judge nominated by President Donald Trump to be the next associate justice of the Supreme Court.
Republicans on Monday abruptly called Brett Kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault decades ago to testify publicly next week, grudgingly setting up dramatic showdown they hoped would prevent the accusation from sinking his nomination to the Supreme Court. Senate leaders announced the move under pressure from fellow Republicans who wanted a fuller, open examination of the allegations from Christine Blasey Ford, a college professor in California.
While U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation has certainly been politically contentious, his confirmation by the Senate had seemed all but certain. With credible credentials, a Republican majority in the Senate and passable answers to charged questions on court precedent, Kavanaugh seemed set to become the next Justice.
The head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Chuck Grassley, has announced that the committee will hold a public hearing on Monday with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party when they were in high school in the 1980s. NPR's Scott Detrow is here to tell us an update about what's going on.
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel says the nation deserves the truth about sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Psychology professor Christine Blasey Ford has accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulted her at a party when they were teenagers.
Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's US Supreme Court pick, has called a woman's allegation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago "completely false". A lawyer said the accuser is willing to publicly testify before a Senate panel that is scheduled to vote this week on his nomination.
In this Sept. 6, 2018 photo, Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh waits to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Today, Common Cause called on the Senate Judiciary Committee to delay its scheduled vote on the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court in light of new allegations of sexual assault by the nominee. In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Common Cause urged the committee to require Kavanaugh to testify under oath about the accusations.
In this Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, for the third day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.