“Julie Swetnick Revealed As Michael Avenatti’s Client Accusing Brett Kavanaugh Of Sexual Misconduct; The announcement from the lawyer came after a second set of sexual misconduct allegations were leveled against the Supreme Court pick earlier this week”: Nick Visser and Saba Hamedy of HuffPost has this report. The accuser’s sworn declaration can be accessed here.
Dan Mangan and Kevin Breuninger of CNBC report that “New Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick details parties where girls were drugged and raped.”
And Tal Axelrod of The Hill reports that “Avenatti releases client’s identity, allegations against Kavanaugh.”
“Kavanaugh’s ‘choir boy’ image on Fox interview rankles former Yale classmates”: Aaron C. Davis, Emma Brown, and Joe Heim have this front page article in today’s edition of The Washington Post.
“Brett Kavanaugh has no good choices anymore”: Deanna Paul has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford offers Senate four people who corroborate her assault claims”: Steve Kiggins of USA Today has this report.
“Arizona prosecutor tapped to lead hearing for Brett Kavanaugh, accuser”: Yvonne Wingett Sanchez and Ronald J. Hansen of The Arizona Republic have this report.
“Trump Unleashes on Kavanaugh Accuser as Key Republican Wavers”: Peter Baker and Nicholas Fandos will have this front page article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Questions Brett Kavanaugh Needs to Answer: Because there’s still a lot America needs to know.” This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“In Yale’s Culture of Privilege and Alcohol, Her World Converged With Kavanaugh’s”: Stephanie Saul, Robin Pogrebin, Mike McIntire, and Ben Protess will have this article in Wednesday’s edition of The New York Times.
“Sen. Feinstein, Clean Up Your Mess: Thursday’s hearing should be canceled in favor of an agreed quick hunt for truth.” Columnist Holman W. Jenkins, Jr. will have this op-ed in Wednesday’s edition of The Wall Street Journal.
Also in Wednesday’s edition of that newspaper, columnist William A. Galston will have an op-ed titled “Men, Step Up in Today’s Sexual Upheaval; Those of us who are shocked by the abuses can help foster better standards of conduct.”
“Kavanaugh classmate who wrote of partying goes silent”: Stephen Braun, Jeff Horwitz, and Brian Witte of The Associated Press have a report that begins, “Mark Judge spent decades mining his recollections and writing books and articles full of semi-confessional details about the suburban Maryland prep school he attended with future Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.”
“Kavanaugh vs. Kavanaugh: Supreme Court nominee has offered conflicting accounts of his teenage drinking.” David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times has this report.
“Senators, you are not running a criminal trial”: Law professor John Yoo has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Republicans are going to ‘plow right through’ a minefield”: Columnist Eugene Robinson has this essay online at The Washington Post.
Also online at The Washington Post, columnist Karen Tumulty has an essay titled “The worst thing that could happen with the Kavanaugh hearings.”
“The FBI is investigating Lincoln’s hat. Why not Ford’s claims?” Columnist Richard Cohen has this essay online at The Washington Post.
Also online at The Washington Post, Robert H. Tembeckjian has an essay titled “Yes, we can investigate decades-old allegations against judges. I’ve done it.“
“Three Yale Law School classmates who endorsed Kavanaugh call for investigation into sexual misconduct claims”: Elise Viebeck of The Washington Post has this report.
“‘Back in the foxhole together’: Conservatives rally around Kavanaugh amid accusations.” Robert Costa of The Washington Post has this report.
“Confirmation will be broken as long as America is”: Columnist Charles Lane has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Kavanaugh accuser asks Senate to limit press access for hearing”: Stephen Dinan and Rowan Scarborough of The Washington Times have this report.
“Plot to Deceive Senate Must Be Probed”: Joe Conason of Creators Syndicate has this essay online.
“Rachel Mitchell, an Arizona county sex crimes prosecutor, emerges as top GOP choice to question Kavanaugh accuser before committee”: The Washington Post has this report.
FrontLine magazine, a publication of Foundations Baptist Fellowship International, published a two part interview with Mitchell that can be accessed here (part one) and here (part two). It also appears that Mitchell herself was once a judicial nominee who didn’t get the job.
“Why Haven’t Republicans Abandoned Brett Kavanaugh?” Benjamin Wallace-Wells has this post online at The New Yorker.
“Brett Kavanaugh’s First and Highest Loyalty Is to the Right-Wing Machine”: Cristian Farias has this post at the “Daily Intelligencer” blog of New York magazine.
“Brett Kavanaugh’s Yale Classmates Remember Him In A ‘Drinky Crowd’; Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee has said he ‘never’ drank to the point of blacking out”: Molly Hensley-Clancy of BuzzFeed News has this report.
“Brett Kavanaugh and the Cruelty of Male Bonding; When being one of the guys comes at a woman’s expense”: Lili Loofbourow has this essay online at Slate.
And online at CNN, Jill Filipovic has an essay titled “When boys humiliate girls at school.”
“How Brett Kavanaugh Erases Inconvenient Women: He is a champion of the women he knows personally. For the rest, he has no compunction about dismissing their very humanity.” Dahlia Lithwick has this jurisprudence essay online at Slate.
“Kavanaugh’s Drinking Should Be Investigated: It’s possible the Supreme Court nominee was so intoxicated that he doesn’t remember assaulting his accusers. We must find out.” William Saletan has this essay online at Slate.
And online at The Intercept, Peter Maass has an essay titled “The Closer You Look, the Worse Brett Kavanaugh’s Relationship with Mark Judge Appears.”
“Avenatti: I wasn’t scammed.” Natasha Korecki of Politico has a report that begins, “Michael Avenatti on Tuesday lashed out at reports that a client who was preparing to level allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was a fake and part of a ruse by an outside group targeting Avenatti.”
“Deborah Ramirez’s Allegation Against Brett Kavanaugh Raises Classic Questions of Campus Assault Cases”: Law professor Jeannie Suk Gersen has this essay online at The New Yorker.
In the October 2018 issue of ABA Journal magazine: The cover story, by Stephanie Francis Ward, is headlined “Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become an unlikely pop culture icon.”
And Mark Walsh has an article headlined “Supreme Court considers whether prisoner with dementia and no memory of his crime should be executed.”
“Delaware plays recurring role in Brent Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court drama”: Scott Goss of The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware has this report.
“Trump Criticizes Democrats Who Raised Kavanaugh Misconduct Allegations; They are ‘lousy politicians,’ says president in defense of Supreme Court nominee”: Vivian Salama of The Wall Street Journal has this report.
“Susan Collins at least can do this much”: Columnist Jennifer Rubin has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“How in the world is Mark Judge not testifying?” Aaron Blake has this essay online at The Washington Post.
“Brett Kavanaugh goes on TV, demanding fairness. But fairness to whom, exactly?” Columnist Robin Abcarian has this essay online at The Los Angeles Times.
“Lisa Murkowski Delivers Message: Take Kavanaugh Accusations Seriously.” Nicholas Fandos of The New York Times has this report.
And Michael Burke of The Hill has a report headlined “Murkowski: FBI investigation into Kavanaugh would ‘clear up all the questions.’“
