“Confirm Brett Kavanaugh: The Judge rightly called out the politics of ‘search and destroy.'” This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal, along with an editorial titled “Lindsey Graham Says Stop: The GOP Senator calls out Democrats for their ‘despicable’ tactics.”
Also in Friday’s edition of that newspaper, columnist Kimberley A. Strassel will have an op-ed titled “The Kavanaugh Stakes: A vote against the judge is a vote for ambush tactics and against due process.”
“She Said. Then He Said. Now What Will Senators Say?” Peter Baker will have this front page news analysis in tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times.
Also in tomorrow’s edition of that newspaper, Michael D. Shear will have an article headlined “Furious Lindsey Graham Calls Kavanaugh Hearing ‘the Most Unethical Sham.’“
“Why Brett Kavanaugh Wasn’t Believable: And why Christine Blasey Ford was.” This editorial will appear in Friday’s edition of The New York Times.
And online at The New York Times, Jill Abramson has an essay titled “This Hearing Is Stacked Against Christine Blasey Ford: It is almost unthinkable that there will be a second Supreme Court justice taking his seat under suspicions of perjury and sexual misconduct.”
“The Senate can’t vote on Kavanaugh now”: This editorial appears online at The Washington Post.
Also online at The Washington Post, columnist Marc A. Thiessen has an essay titled “Brett Kavanaugh fights back.”
And columnist Alexandra Petri has an essay titled “HOW DARE YOU DO THIS TO BRETT KAVANAUGH?“
“Could Kavanaugh’s partisan call to arms secure a Supreme Court seat? Following Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation that he sexually assaulted her, the high court nominee staked his future on framing the day’s testimony as a fight between red and blue.” Jonathan Allen of NBC News has this report.
“Senate Judiciary Committee to vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court bid, hours after hearing sexual assault testimony”: Eliza Collins, Nicole Gaudiano, and Christal Hayes of USA Today have this report.
And Burgess Everett and John Bresnahan of Politico report that “Senators expect Judiciary Committee vote on Kavanaugh Friday.”
“Brett Kavanaugh and Accuser Square Off in Emotional Hearing With Court in Balance”: Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times have this report.
Seung Min Kim, Ann E. Marimow, Mike DeBonis, and Elise Viebeck of The Washington Post have an article headlined “Kavanaugh hearing: Supreme Court nominee insists on his innocence, calls process ‘national disgrace.’”
Sarah D. Wire, Jennifer Haberkorn, David Lauter, and David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times report that “After Ford testifies she was sexually assaulted, Kavanaugh responds with anger and tears.”
And Janet Hook, Kristina Peterson, and Natalie Andrews of The Wall Street Journal have an article headlined “Stark Divide, Raw Emotion in Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing; Supreme Court nominee and his accuser give sharply different accounts at Senate hearing.”
“Hundreds of Cases a Day and a Flair for Drama: India’s Crusading Supreme Court.” Jeffrey Gettleman, Hari Kumar, and Kai Schultz of The New York Times have this report.
The Ninth Circuit today held rehearing en banc in Ahearn v. Hyundai Motor America: You can view the video of today’s rehearing en banc of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on YouTube via this link. The original, now-vacated ruling of a divided three-judge panel in the case can be accessed here.
Access online day five of the Senate Judiciary Committee‘s hearing on the Nomination of D.C. Circuit Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: Live coverage from C-SPAN can be accessed here. And the Judiciary Committee’s own live video stream can be accessed here.
Access today’s Order List of the U.S. Supreme Court: At this link. The Court today granted review in five new cases.
“Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick: ‘I don’t think he belongs on the Supreme Court’; Swetnick, who spoke with Showtime’s ‘The Circus,’ marked the first time a Kavanaugh accuser had spoken on camera.” Adam Edelman of NBC News has this report.
“Brett Kavanaugh’s sexual assault hearing represents turning point for Supreme Court and #MeToo movement”: Richard Wolf of USA Today has this report.
