'Everyone Is Just Completely Captivated': Americans React To Ford And Kavanaugh
6 years, 3 months ago

'Everyone Is Just Completely Captivated': Americans React To Ford And Kavanaugh

NPR  

'Everyone Is Just Completely Captivated': Americans React To Ford And Kavanaugh Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images Across the U.S., people spent the day rapt, watching or listening to the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. Sponsor Message But Lynch said she thought that Kavanaugh would still be confirmed: "It's happened before, with Clarence Thomas, and I don't think the world has changed that much." "I mean, she's clearly credible, but then again I think no woman in their right mind would ever, ever make a lie like that." Boulder, Colo. "Everyone is just completely captivated by it," said Kelly King Joyce, a third-year student at the University of Colorado Law School.

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For Brett Kavanaugh, allegations remain in forefront
5 years, 8 months ago

For Brett Kavanaugh, allegations remain in forefront

CNN  

Washington CNN — Seven months after he joined the US Supreme Court, the cloud of Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegations still hangs over Justice Brett Kavanaugh, recalled in media reports across the political spectrum and unresolved in the US judiciary’s own process for handling related ethics claims. Ongoing review of complaints A Denver-based judicial council last December dismissed a …

The interest in Brett Kavanaugh is the only thing Americans are united on right now
6 years, 3 months ago

The interest in Brett Kavanaugh is the only thing Americans are united on right now

ABC  

Welcome to the American culture wars of 2018, in which vitriol is the prevailing word of the day. Or New York Times columnist Thomas L Friedman writing on Tuesday: "Sure, we've experienced bouts of intense social strife since the American Civil War of 1861 … yet this moment feels worse — much less violent, blessedly, but much more broadly divisive." …

'The trauma for a man': Donald Trump's party is enjoying a Brett Kavanaugh bump ahead of midterms, feeding off male resentment against #MeToo
6 years, 3 months ago

'The trauma for a man': Donald Trump's party is enjoying a Brett Kavanaugh bump ahead of midterms, feeding off male resentment against #MeToo

Firstpost  

If Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed to the Supreme Court, Donald Trump’s aggressive strategy this week will be proven right, more white men will join the fold and the message Republicans will be sending to women everywhere in America will be clear: If you dare accuse a man, do it and walk away but if you stay in the fight, we’ll …

After fiery Senate hearing, Donald Trump backs embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh; calls process 'total sham'
6 years, 3 months ago

After fiery Senate hearing, Donald Trump backs embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh; calls process 'total sham'

Firstpost  

Donald Trump whole-heartedly backed Brett Kavanaugh, whose Supreme Court nomination will be put to an initial vote on Friday, after a dramatic Senate hearing that saw him furiously fight back against sexual assault allegations dating back decades ago. Washington: Donald Trump whole-heartedly backed Brett Kavanaugh, whose Supreme Court nomination will be put to an initial vote Friday, after a dramatic …

Trump On 2nd Kavanaugh Accuser: 'Totally Inebriated And All Messed Up'
6 years, 3 months ago

Trump On 2nd Kavanaugh Accuser: 'Totally Inebriated And All Messed Up'

NPR  

Trump On 2nd Kavanaugh Accuser: 'Totally Inebriated And All Messed Up' Enlarge this image toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images Win McNamee/Getty Images Updated at 7:47 p.m. ET President Trump attacked Brett Kavanaugh's second accuser Tuesday, saying she "has nothing" on the Supreme Court nominee and was "totally inebriated and all messed up" during a college party at which, she said, …

Brett Kavanaugh mistaken-identity theory is bad faith.
6 years, 3 months ago

Brett Kavanaugh mistaken-identity theory is bad faith.

Slate  

While refusing anything so prosaic as an actual FBI investigation, Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have reached a tentative agreement to hear the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford, via a baroque negotiation that insists on their competence to “investigate” something like this while functionally stripping themselves of the power to actually investigate it. The habits of mind that make …

GOP, Kavanaugh accuser in standoff over her Senate testimony
6 years, 3 months ago

GOP, Kavanaugh accuser in standoff over her Senate testimony

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A high-stakes standoff between Republicans and the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of a three-decade-old sexual attack stretched into the weekend after the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said his panel would vote Monday on Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination without a deal on her conditions for testifying. Ford lawyer Debra Katz requested another day to decide and said Grassley’s deadline’s …

Trump wants Senate to 'get on with it' and finish Kavanaugh confirmation process
6 years, 3 months ago

Trump wants Senate to 'get on with it' and finish Kavanaugh confirmation process

Daily Mail  

President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Senate Judiciary Committee should move swiftly to finish vetting Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, and ridiculed Democrats who are calling for an FBI investigation into a sex-assault allegation dating back to 1982. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEOS President Donald Trump defended Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday and mocked Democrats who want an FBI investigation …

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