New Kavanaugh Disclosure Shows Little Sign of Impeding His Nomination

nytimes.com ^ | 9/15/18 | Carl Hulse

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WASHINGTON — Sudden new revelations in Supreme Court confirmation fights are not new. Anita Hill’s accusations of sexual harassment against Clarence Thomas surfaced after his initial hearings had concluded. Justice Neil M. Gorsuch, President Trump’s first nominee to the court, faced claims that he had plagiarized parts of his book just as his nomination headed toward a Senate floor vote.

Now the bitter and extremely contentious Senate fight over the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh has taken its own post-hearing turn with the disclosure that a top Democrat had for weeks possessed a letter accusing the nominee of sexual misconduct while he was in high school. The development, coming a week before the Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on his nomination, did not yet appear to be impeding Judge Kavanaugh’s steady progress toward assuming a seat on the court this fall.

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Nobody buys the Democrats’ standard BS anymore. They play that card practically every time a Republican president nominates a Supreme Court justice and have for 30 years now.

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“Disclosure???” How about lie?

[Oatka]

Kavanaugh should say something like “I also categorically deny that 10 years ago, I stole Sen. Leahy’s sandwich out of the fridge.”

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Originally there were no names attached to this. That is a recent development.