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For those not up to speed:

The accusation is that Kavanaugh, on an unspecified date, at an unspecified time, at an unspecified location, attempted to rape Ford at a party 35 years ago.

Senator Feinstein got a letter with her accusation in July and claims to believe it, but was apparently ok with there being a rapist serving as a US judge until just before he gets voted into the Supreme Court.

The only alleged witness to this event is Mark Judge, who says it never happened.

The notes from Ford's therapy sessions in 2012 say there were four boys who attempted to rape her, but now she says there were two boys, Kavanaugh and Judge.

Now, she makes a list of crazy requirements in order to testify in court, including having the defense testify first. Not only is that demand ridiculous because she still hasn't given any specifics about the accusation and therefore there's nothing to specifically defend against, but there's also no court proceeding anywhere in the US where the defense testifies without knowing what you're being charged with.

#1. Kavanaugh should not be present during her testimony.
#2. No outside counsel is to ask her questions, only Senators.
#3. The accused Kavanaugh must testify first.
#4. Not on Monday.
#5. Mark Judge and Patryck J. Smyth should be subpoenaed to appear and testify.

Further, it's blatantly unconstitutional to say Kavanaugh isn't allowed to be there. The law has been for about 300 years that you had the right to confront your accuser.

Imagine you are accused of murder, and that's all the relevant information you were told. That at some time, at some place, you murdered somebody, and now you need to argue it never happened. Godspeed.

But this authoritarian "guilty until proven innocent" mindset has permeated a certain sect of politics lately, and frankly it's disturbing.

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/kavanaugh-confirmation/571021/
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