And perhaps the more wounded one, at least in personal terms. After all, Kavanaugh still has a job, at least: The Kavanaugh confirmation circus is over and the fighters have gone back to their corners, but not before drawing massive … Continue reading →
I’ve seen a lot of pundits referring to what happened to Kavanaugh as his having been borked. But that’s not entirely correct. In the earlier part of the hearings, he was indeed borked. In other words, his judicial record was … Continue reading →
The Democrats thought Brett Kavanaugh was a safe target. Accusing a white prepster named “Brett” would be a great way to achieve several goals: stopping him from changing the balance of SCOTUS in favor of conservatives, and showing solidarity with … Continue reading →
One of the charges against Harvey Weinstein has been dropped: The behind-the-scenes drama spilled into court, with Weinstein looking on, as the Manhattan District Attorney’s office elected to drop the lone charge stemming from Lucia Evans’ allegations that he forced … Continue reading →
There are quite a few interesting things about this incident. The first is that there are still Republican students and a Republican Club at Stanford these days. The second is that involves a male college student filing assault charges against … Continue reading →
I’m not going to bother to fisk this NY TImes op-ed by Alexis Grenell because Ann Althouse has already done it very well in this post. Instead, I want to concentrate on one phrase in one sentence of Grenell’s leftist, … Continue reading →
I am heartily sick of Christine Blasey Ford, and I hope her three weeks of fame is now over or will be over very very very soon, and she will return to the obscurity she professes to crave. Whatever happens, … Continue reading →
Alan Dershowitz doesn’t think anyone should go easy on Julie Swetnick if it turns out she lied and knew she was lying: DERSHOWITZ: If you have information suggesting it’s false, and any reasonable lawyer hearing her on television says you … Continue reading →
This headline made me chuckle: “UN court tells US to ease Iran sanctions in blow for Trump.” Why would anyone care what the UN says, or consider this a “blow”? More: It remains unclear whether the judgment will be anything … Continue reading →
Rachel Mitchell has issued a report that criticizes Ford’s testimony, but what does Mitchell know? She’s only an expert. And she deals with facts and logic, and we don’t want no steeenking facts here. Here’s the complete report and a … Continue reading →
The presumption of innocence for the accused is one of the pillars—probably the main pillar—of our criminal law. Its importance to our liberty cannot be overstated. But Chuck Schumer was at least partially correct when he said of the Kavanaugh … Continue reading →
I keep reading that Christine Blasey Ford was highly sympathetic on Thursday and that her emotionally intense rendition of her story made her testimony especially “credible.” But long before Kavanaugh was even nominated, I had already written about the relative … Continue reading →