The Republicans' blockade of Merrick Garland Garland was without precedents and without conscience. And now the same folks are rushing to a vote on the flawed Brett Kavanaugh for the same reason: pure power politics, writes Paul Begala.

“I like Clarence Thomas a lot, and I will go with Clarence Thomas,” Trump said.

Anita Hill appeared on "Good Morning America Wednesday" morning to discuss Brett Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hit a wall last week when a woman came foward to accuse him of attempted rape. Hill herself was involved in a similar scandal in…

Washington Post Why a federal investigation into the Kavanaugh allegation is far from impossible Washington Post It's rare that American history provides as neat a precedent as the confirmation process for Justice Clarence Thomas provides for the nomination o…

A woman who has accused President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, of sexual assault decades ago wants her allegations to be investigated by the FBI before she appears at a U.S. Senate hearing, her lawyers said on Tuesday.

Female Democratic Senators are warning Republicans not to have a repeat of the past as the sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh recall Anita Hill's accusations against Clarence Thomas in 1991. (Sept. 18)

Anita Hill called on senators to "do better" ahead of a hearing over sexual assault accusation against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh

A Republican U.S. Senate committee chairman said on Tuesday the woman who has accused President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault decades ago has not yet agreed to appear at a public hearing set for next Monday.

"There is no way to redo 1991, but there are ways to do better," the Brandeis University professor wrote in a New York Times op-ed on Tuesday.

Anita F. Hill, right, is sworn in to testify before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee on the confirmation of Judge Clarence Thomas by Chairman Joseph Biden in October 1991.

The sexual-misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh may remove pressure that some Democratic senators faced to back his confirmation as a way of reassuring conservative voters in congressional elections just seven weeks away.

Don't make Kavanaugh and Ford a reprise of Thomas and Hill. What will it say to our daughters and sons if we once again only believe him and not her?

In 1991, Anita Hill testified in front of an all-white, all-male Senate Judiciary Committee about her allegations that she was sexually harassed by then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas (accusations that he denied). Nearly three decades later, another wo…

Brett Kavanaugh on the third day of his confirmation hearing.

On Oct. 11, 1991, when she testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Anita Hill became the face of what was arguably the biggest sexual harassment case ever seen in the United States up to that time

Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee met on Thursday to consider the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Washington Post An 11th-hour attempt to slander Brett Kavanaugh Washington Post After several days of showboating and judicial hazing, Democrats pulled out their biggest weapon against Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh: a letter from an anonymous woman…

Fox News Clarence Thomas mocks Cory Booker's 'Spartacus' claim, says theatrics hurt process Fox News Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas poked Sen. Cory Booker over the New Jersey Democrat's much-mocked invocation of "Spartacus" during last week's confirmat…

After a raucous Senate hearing during which he remained steady and now appears headed for confirmation, Judge Brett Kavanaugh will soon be positioned for immediate impact on the Supreme Court.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday declined to force the City of Philadelphia to resume the placement of children in need of foster care with a Catholic agency that refuses to accept gay couples as foster parents.

Barbara L'Italien, a state senator running in a crowded field to replace retiring Rep. Niki Tsongas, is declaring her intention to file an impeachment resolution against the Supreme Court justice.

RT @highbrow_nobrow: A new analysis shows Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have received more than $450,000 from the same GOP…

RT @highbrow_nobrow: A new analysis shows Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have received more than $450,000 from the same GOP…

RT @highbrow_nobrow: A new analysis shows Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have received more than $450,000 from the same GOP…

Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is a shark and he pulled in a sucker named Clarence Thomas https://t.co/i9lTh9msVx

Clarence Thomas Swings His Hammer at the Supreme Court https://t.co/vx5lUabYOL

Clarence Thomas Swings His Hammer at the Supreme Court https://t.co/2IB4sK30NQ

RT @highbrow_nobrow: A new analysis shows Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have received more than $450,000 from the same GOP…

RT @highbrow_nobrow: A new analysis shows Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee have received more than $450,000 from the same GOP…

RT @RBReich: Clarence Thomas not only accepted free vacations and had undisclosed financial dealings with a GOP donor, he also supported th…

RT @TheRichFromCali: WTF! Clarence Thomas out here again getting money on Venmo that he isn't disclosing again. Who agrees its time this…

RT @MadeInTheUSANJ: “You can realize right now that there are no rules in war.” This is the first line of a text sent from the wife of Sup…

RT @RBReich: Clarence Thomas not only accepted free vacations and had undisclosed financial dealings with a GOP donor, he also supported th…

RT @RBReich: Clarence Thomas not only accepted free vacations and had undisclosed financial dealings with a GOP donor, he also supported th…

RT @JohnEkdahl: I’m just happy we can all finally put this White House cocaine business behind us and focus on more pressing matters like C…

Donald Trump: Arizona attorney general investigating attempts to overturn 2020 vote, reports say – live https://t.co/RzWh15V0Us

RT @DemSoldierJr: I wonder how many other judges have a Venmo account? My God, we've got to get money out of our courts or it's going to de…

RT @MadeInTheUSANJ: “You can realize right now that there are no rules in war.” Clarence Thomas’ wife, Ginni Thomas, sent this text to Mar…

RT @QasimRashid: BREAKING: Lawyers who had cases before SCOTUS, including the case that ended Affirmative Action, sent payments to aides of…

RT @TheRickyDavila: Anita Hill warned about Clarence Thomas. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford warned about sexual assaulter Kavanaugh. Hillary C…

RT @RBReich: Clarence Thomas not only accepted free vacations and had undisclosed financial dealings with a GOP donor, he also supported th…

RT @MadeInTheUSANJ: “You can realize right now that there are no rules in war.” Clarence Thomas’ wife, Ginni Thomas, sent this text to Mar…

RT @QasimRashid: BREAKING: Lawyers who had cases before SCOTUS, including the case that ended Affirmative Action, sent payments to aides of…

RT @RBReich: Clarence Thomas not only accepted free vacations and had undisclosed financial dealings with a GOP donor, he also supported th…

RT @MadeInTheUSANJ: “You can realize right now that there are no rules in war.” Clarence Thomas’ wife, Ginni Thomas, sent this text to Mar…

RT @TeaPainUSA: Republicans are united on corruption. https://t.co/W0zLnWmhGy

RT @TheRickyDavila: Anita Hill warned about Clarence Thomas. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford warned about sexual assaulter Kavanaugh. Hillary C…

RT @RBReich: Clarence Thomas not only accepted free vacations and had undisclosed financial dealings with a GOP donor, he also supported th…

RT @TomJChicago: Let’s see the exact Venmo payment amounts made to Clarence Thomas’s aide by lawyers w/ SCOTUS cases. Were the pmts only fr…

RT @RBReich: Clarence Thomas not only accepted free vacations and had undisclosed financial dealings with a GOP donor, he also supported th…

RT @RBReich: Clarence Thomas not only accepted free vacations and had undisclosed financial dealings with a GOP donor, he also supported th…

RT @TheRickyDavila: Anita Hill warned about Clarence Thomas. Dr. Christine Blasey Ford warned about sexual assaulter Kavanaugh. Hillary C…

RT @RBReich: Clarence Thomas not only accepted free vacations and had undisclosed financial dealings with a GOP donor, he also supported th…

RT @RBReich: Lawyers with business before the Supreme Court made direct Venmo payments to Clarence Thomas' aide, The Guardian reports. The…

RT @RWPUSA: As I said here, judges and their clerks should not collect money from lawyers for any reason. Who does Justice Thomas think he…