Lessons from Thomas-Hill hearings likely to guide senators Source: AP
Clarence Thomas saw it as a circus and national disgrace. Anita Hill complained that she was treated as though she were a defendant in a criminal trial.
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Kavanaugh allegations renew debate over alcohol’s effect on memory – especially in teens
Allegations that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford when the two were teenagers have not just prompted uncertainty about Kavanaugh's confirmation, they also have prompted discussion about intoxication, sexual assault and how alcohol impacts memory especially in the developing teenage brain. The contentious topic typically arises in discussions of college sexual assault like the case of Brock Turner, a 19-year-old convicted for sexually assaulting a young woman who had passed out from drinking.
Kavanaugh Supreme Court Nomination Rocked By Second Sexual Misconduct Allegation
US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh listens during the first day of his confirmation hearing in front of the US Senate on Capitol Hill in Washington DC on Sept. 4, 2018.
US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh faces fresh allegation
The new accusation came just hours after negotiators had reached an agreement to hold an extraordinary public hearing on Thursday for Mr Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her at a party when they were teenagers. Judge Kavanaugh I just granted another extension to Dr Ford to decide if she wants to proceed w the statement she made last week to testify to the senate She shld decide so we can move on I want to hear her.
New sexual-misconduct accusation rocks Kavanaugh nomination
A second allegation of sexual misconduct has emerged against Judge Brett Kavanaugh , a development that has further imperiled his nomination to the Supreme Court , forced the White House and Senate Republicans onto the defensive and fueled calls from Democrats to postpone further action on his confirmation. The new accusation landed late Sunday in a report from The New Yorker, just a few hours after negotiators had reached an agreement to hold an extraordinary public hearing Thursday for Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford , who accuses him of sexually assaulting her at a party when they were teenagers.
New allegation emerges against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh
A second allegation of sexual misconduct against US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has fuelled calls from Democrats to postpone further action on his confirmation. A days-long back and forth over the timing and terms of a hearing with Mr Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing him of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers, appeared to end on Sunday with the announcement that they would appear separately on Thursday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The Latest: Kavanaugh denies 2nd claim of sexual misconduct
The Latest on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses him of sexually assaulting her decades ago : The White House released a statement from the nominee Sunday after the allegations in a New Yorker article in which a woman, Deborah Rodriguez, a former Yale classmate, alleged he exposed himself and thrust his penis in her face during a drunken dormitory party. A White House spokeswoman adds in a second statement that the allegation is "designed to tear down a good man."
As hearing on Kavanaugh assault allegations looms, senators…
Republican defenders of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Democratic supporters of Christine Blasey Ford, who accused him of sexual assaulting her when both were teenagers, suggested Sunday that their votes on his nomination would not be swayed by an expected hearing on Ford's allegations this week.
Trump says there’s a “lingering stench” at Justice Dept., FBI
President Trump called his embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh a "fantastic man" from "central casting," and exhorted supporters at a Springfield, Missouri, rally "to fight for him, not worry about the other side." He added, "Women are for him more than anyone would understand."
Memory’s frailty may be playing role in Kavanaugh matter
Experts say that because of how memory works, it's possible that both Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford - the woman who says a drunken Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed and groped her at a party when they were teenagers in the early 1980s - believe what they say. "Confidence is not a good guide to whether or not someone is telling the truth," said Nora Newcombe, a psychology professor at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Kavanaugh friend who ID’d someone else as attacker adds to turmoil
Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to U.S. Supreme Court was roiled further late Thursday by incendiary tweets from a prominent friend and supporter who publicly identified another high school classmate of Kavanaugh's as a possible attacker of a woman accusing the judge of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers. Ed Whelan, a former clerk to the late Justice Antonin Scalia and president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, pointed to floor plans, online photographs and other information to suggest a location for the house party in suburban Maryland that Christine Blasey Ford described.
Ford wants her Kavanaugh claim investigated before hearing
President Donald Trump defended his Supreme Court nominee in the face of allegations of sexual misconduct, calling him "an outstanding intellect."
Trump a feels badlya for Kavanaugh after sex assault accusation
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.
Professor speaks out on ‘assault’
WASHINGTONi1 4 A college professor went public for the first time on Sunday to accuse US President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick of sexually assaulting her in the 1980s, prompting calls to postpone the nomination vote. Christine Blasey Ford, a professor at Palo Alto University, initially detailed the allegations about Brett Kavanaugh in confidential letters to her local congresswoman and later to California Senator Dianne Feinstein, a senior Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.
Trump breaks silence on Kavanaugh allegations
President Trump on Monday responded to allegations by a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh when they were teenagers. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said Kavanaugh "is somebody very special" who "never even had a little blemish on his record."
The Latest: Conway says accuser should ‘testify under oath’ Source: AP
Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is again denying a woman's allegation he sexually assaulted her at a party three decades ago. The White House released a new statement Monday from the nominee in which he calls the claim "completely false."
Key Republican senators waver in Judge Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court vote
Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation for the Supreme Court is taking an uncertain turn as Republican senators express concern over a woman's private-turned-public allegation that a drunken Kavanaugh groped her and tried to take off her clothes at a party when they were teenagers. The White House and other Kavanaugh supporters had dismissed the allegation of sexual misconduct when it was initially conveyed in a private letter.
Accuser’s story of attack roils plan for Kavanaugh vote
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 confirmatio... . FILE - In this Sept.
Brett Kavanaugh ‘sexual assault victim’ comes forward
A woman who accused Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual assault has broken her silence, days after the allegations were first revealed. Christine Blasey Ford first detailed the allegations in a letter to senator Diane Feinstein, alleging that Kavanaugh had attempted to sexually assault her at a gathering of teenagers in 1982, when she was 15 and he was 17. Feinstein revealed the existence of the letter during Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing last week, but would not disclose its contents nor the name of its author, instead referring the letter to the FBI.
GOP Senators defend Kavanaugh, but open to hearing from accuser Source: Cox Media Group
While standing behind federal appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, some Republican Senators said Sunday that they were open to the idea of hearing from Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct during a party when they were teenagers in the 1980's. Sen. Lindsey Graham , a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he "would gladly listen" to Ford, as some Democrats called for a Thursday vote of that panel on Kavanaugh's nomination to be delayed.