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From the Right

Marc A. Thiessen in The Washington Post:

“The burden of proof is not on Kavanaugh to prove he didn’t do it. He cannot prove a negative. In the United States of America, you are presumed innocent until proven guilty. But apparently not in the United States Senate.”

The Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday did nothing to corroborate Christine Blasey Ford’s allegation that Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court nominee, sexually assaulted her when they were both in high school, says Mr. Thiessen, who also takes issue with Dr. Blasey’s inability to remember details like how she got home afterward. He calls the hearing a “tragedy” for Judge Kavanaugh, Dr. Blasey and American democracy, saying the scrutiny of Judge Kavanaugh will deter people of all political backgrounds from pursuing public service. Read more »

Jonathan V. Last in The Weekly Standard:

“The hearings were a credibility contest, a Rorschach test, and as such, served mostly to reinforce people’s priors. But no impartial observer could emerge from Thursday with total certainty that one of the parties was representing the perfectly-true course of events. If you aren’t split at least 80-20, then you’re probably looking at this wrong.”

Mr. Last says that while Dr. Blasey and Judge Kavanaugh both conducted themselves well, neither is 100 percent believable, and Americans should be angered by the deterioration of the confirmation process. Regardless of whether Judge Kavanaugh ends up on the Supreme Court, Mr. Last writes, “everyone has already lost.” Read more »

Victor Davis Hanson in National Review:

“The Democrats were eager to see Republicans come off as crude and then ensured that they acted so themselves. They had no new argument either in supporting Ford or opposing Kavanaugh — other than the old saw of serially calling for a delaying ‘F.B.I. investigation.’ Kavanaugh in the end himself proved the most reliable, factual, and transparent witness.”

Mr. Hanson compares Judge Kavanaugh to Joseph N. Welch, the Army lawyer who eviscerated Senator Joseph R. McCarthy during a Senate hearing in 1954. In this case, Democratic lawmakers were “a collective Joseph McCarthy,” he writes, and it was Judge Kavanaugh’s forceful denunciation of them that inspired Republicans like Senator Lindsey Graham to come to his defense. Read more »