Kavanaugh: Nearly A Quarter Of SCOTUS Has Been Accused Of Sexual Misconduct

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The highest court in the country now includes multiple men with credible accusations of sexual misconduct against them, Oct. 6, Think Progress.

Brett Kavanaugh is the 114th justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. In a 50-48 vote in the Senate on Saturday, 49 Republicans and one Democrat voted to confirm Kavanaugh’s lifetime appointment to the highest court in the country despite numerous allegations of sexual assault and misconduct against him.

Following Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s congressional testimony about her accusation that Kavanaugh attempted to rape her in high school, the White House approved a “supplemental background investigation” of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee. However, that effort was widely considered to be woefully incomplete since the scope of the probe was limited by Republicans and the FBI didn’t interview Ford, Kavanaugh, or dozens of other people of potential interest.

Ford’s testimony evoked comparisons to Anita Hill, who also spoke to the Senate Judiciary Committee in a nationally-televised hearing about accusations of sexual misconduct by a Supreme Court nominee. In October 1991, Hill detailed how a former male co-worker in the federal government had allegedly engaged in repeated sexual harassment.

According to her testimony, Hill’s then-boss subjected her to remarks about “his own sexual prowess,” “the size of his own penis as being larger than normal,” and “pornographic films involving such matters as women having sex with animals, and films showing group sex or rape scenes.” -More...

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