By: T. LaDuke – redstate.com – September 27, 2018 What a show. Now that is not a really great thing to say about a hearing for the Supreme Court in any way shape or form. Yet that is where we are and today is a telling moment in the history of the United States of America. The hearing today to...

By: Art Moore – wnd.com – September 27, 2018 As Senate Democrats on Thursday continue to press for a further delay of the confirmation process of Supreme Court justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., unleashed anger on his colleagues across the aisle that apparently had been building over weeks. “If you wanted an FBI investigation, you could have...

By: Rich Lowry – nationalreview.com – September 27, 2018 Brett Kavanaugh may have saved his Supreme Court confirmation with one of the most memorable statements in modern congressional history. After his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, delivered a compelling, sympathetic performance earlier in the day, Kavanaugh entered the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing with his chances hanging by a thread. Commentators speculated...

By: Andrew C. McCarthy – nationalreview.com – September 26, 2018 I’ve never thought the big Ford–Kavanaugh hearing scheduled for Thursday would actually happen. Maybe I’ll be proved wrong, but I’ve never believed Christine Blasey Ford wants to testify. This hearing is not going to settle the issue of what, if anything, happened 36 years ago — which, as I’ve noted,...

By: Solange Reyner – newsmax.com – September 26, 2018 Two additional allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh surfaced Wednesday, but the claims came from anonymous sources and one of the accusers reportedly recanted his story, according to reports. Bloomberg said Kavanaugh on Tuesday was asked about an alleged rape on a boat in Rhode Island in...

By: Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram & Laurie Kellman – apnews.com – September 27, 2018 With high drama in the making, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh emphatically fended off new accusations sexual misconduct Wednesday and headed into a charged public Senate hearing that could determine whether Republicans can salvage his nomination and enshrine a high court conservative majority. The Senate Judiciary...

By: Andrew C. McCarthy – nationalreview.com – September 26, 2018 I used to see the mainstream media as an adjunct of the Democratic party. That’s debatable; it could be that the party is the adjunct. Either way, the most brazenly overt aspect of the partnership is that the press no longer even feigns interest in allegations against nominees; it is...

By: Elana Schor, John Bresnahan & Burgess Everett – politico.com – September 25, 2018 The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court on Friday morning, less than 24 hours after Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford appear before the panel to discuss Ford’s allegation that Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than 30 years ago. According...

By: Alexandra Desanctis – nationalreview.com – September 24, 2018 It’s been nearly a year since Ronan Farrow torpedoed the career of Harvey Weinstein, printing in The New Yorker a series of credible accusations that the Hollywood producer had sexually abused several women. His piece touched off a firestorm that led to purges of incredibly powerful men in a variety of...

By: David French – nationalreview.com – September 24, 2018 In tonight’s interview with Martha MacCallum, it would have been easy for Brett Kavanaugh to play the legal equivalent of a prevent defense. He’s a smart enough lawyer to understand the state of the evidence. None of his accusers have been able to come forward with a single witness who can...