In late July, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, a 51 year old professor at Palo Alto University, sent a
confidential letter to Senator Dianne Feinstein. In this letter, Ford described how she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in high school.
Pictured above is Dr. Christine Ford
published an article about an interview with Ford about the sexual assault accusation in
addition to the letter to Feinstein. Kavanaugh has so far denied all claims made against him,
saying he has no recollection of the event happening, and the White House is backing up
ready and willing to testify to defend his integrity and clear his name. Currently,
Kavanaugh is scheduled to give his testimony of the events on Monday, September 24.
Judiciary Committee for those who voiced an opinion to delay Kavanaugh’s confirmation.
Ford is scheduled to give a testimony to the Committee on Thursday, September 27.
Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing was scheduled for September 21, but in light of these
accusations, it has been postponed indefinitely.
How do you think a situation like this should be handled, when a crime is alleged to have been
committed, but due to the nature of the crime, the victim did not report it until decades later and the
alleged offender claims the event did not happen? Alternatively, should something you did in high school have the ability to affect your life thirty years later?
In my opinion, I think the Senate Judiciary Committee should seriously rethink Kavanaugh's confirmation. The fact the he's not admitting that he sexually assaulted a woman is enough evidence to see that Kavanaugh's not a good fit as Supreme Court Judge. I don't think something you did in high school should affect your life thirty years later, but you should apologize for and acknowledge what you did.
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This kind of situation should be investigated. Now that there is a second claim it's even a bigger issue. Kavanaugh should be looked into in order to see if he is still acts this way. What he did in high school should still be taken into account for even though 30 years have passed. Especially if he is running for such an important position.
ReplyDeleteI think Ford should testify and see what happens. I believe that just because it happened decades ago it still happened, it is also messed up that Kavanaugh isn't admitting it and that Trump is talking about how much of a "Fine" man he is
ReplyDeleteI think a situation like this should be heavily weighed. As much as it was thirty years ago, the trauma that sexual assault causes can affect the victim for the rest of their lives. Ford coming out at this time makes sense because Kavanaugh will be making decisions that make or break people's lives. Reporting sexual assault isn't an easy thing because people may not believe them so as much as Ford came out at this time, it still takes a lot to do so.
ReplyDeleteI think that this situation should be dealt with caution because it is dealing with a lot of touchy subjects. There are many reasons as to why Ford has decided to come out about the incident now, and ithat/those reasons should be made clear to the Senate Judiciary Committee so that the decisions are not made off of lies.
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