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‘Mean Drunk’ vs. Teenage Girls
These accusations don’t paint Brett Kavanaugh as just a cad, but as a lascivious predator.
Yale Touted Kavanaugh; Now Comes ‘a Moment of Reckoning’
The university’s law school has been buffeted by the allegations against the Supreme Court nominee, an alumnus, as politically charged students question its values.
Brett Kavanaugh and America’s ‘Himpathy’ Reckoning
Rarely has society’s tendency to sympathize with powerful men been so thoroughly on display.
We’re in Virgin Territory
Approaching the Kavanaugh collision.
On Politics With Lisa Lerer: Trump, Kavanaugh and the ‘Con Job’
A vintage news conference by the president, a crazy day on Capitol Hill, and what we’ll be watching for in Thursday’s Kavanaugh hearings.
Trump Calls Accusations Against Kavanaugh ‘All False’
President Trump assailed the allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh a day before the woman who has accused the Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault is…
‘Nothing Has Changed’: Angela Wright Reflects on the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas Hearings
Ms. Wright, who was prepared to accuse Judge Thomas of sexual misconduct, was not called to testify publicly by the Senate Judiciary Committee in 1991.
Trump Calls Kavanaugh Accusations ‘All False,’ but Says He Can Be Convinced by Testimony
President Trump said that his own opinion about Judge Kavanaugh’s case is affected by the many allegations of sexual misconduct that have been leveled against…
A Hearing’s Test: Blasey Must Seem Credible. Kavanaugh Must Defend but Not Attack.
Republicans and Democrats are setting different standards by which to judge Thursday’s hearing, with the former framing it as a legal proceeding and the latter…
Grassley Reacts to New Accusation Against Kavanaugh
Senator Charles E. Grassley, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, told reporters that they are investigating the new sexual misconduct allegation.