Without a fair and proper hearing on these allegations, one that at least includes the witness Kavanaugh’s accuser says was in the room, Kavanaugh will always be remembered as a judge who made it to the Supreme Court sneakily. A man who didn’t advocate to clear his own name and let a woman’s life be destroyed in the process. He might go on to be as fair and principled a justice as we’ve ever seen, but that stain will remain.