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    1. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro Sep 21

      So I’ve tweeted some about Kavanaugh and evidentiary standards and how sure we have to be someone committed a very bad act to reject his nomination. But I haven’t really given my thoughts. Here they are.

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    2. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro Sep 21

      I think people are thinking about this through a frame of whether Kavanaugh deserves to be punished. But that’s a mistake. It’s more a prudential question.

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    3. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro Sep 21

      Life isn’t always fair, and we may have a good prudential reason not to confirm a person — an action that will harm him, but is not for the purpose of punishment — even if we do not have enough evidence to impose even an informal punishment for its own sake.

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    4. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro Sep 21

      So I think the evidentiary bar is quite low, but to the extent possible I think it’s good to frame the justifications in terms of that he “might” have done this, not that we “believe” he has done this.

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    5. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro Sep 21

      Of course I’m open to changing my evaluation in either direction if we learn something important at a hearing. But my guess is the hearing will not provide much additional clarity.

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    6. Ross Douthat‏Verified account @DouthatNYT Sep 21
      Replying to @jbarro

      This has roughly been my take, as you know. But if that's the bar, then raising some alternate hypothesis, a la Whelan, becomes the only way that people who think he's innocent and should be on the court can respond.

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      Matt Lewis‏Verified account @mattklewis Sep 21
      Replying to @DouthatNYT @jbarro

      This is an interesting discussion. Wouldn’t setting this lower bar/standard dramatically increase the perverse incentives of future (false) allegations against future nominees?

      8:49 AM - 21 Sep 2018 from Washington, DC
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        2. Ross Douthat‏Verified account @DouthatNYT Sep 21
          Replying to @mattklewis @jbarro

          If he were withdrawn without her testifying, yes. If she goes through with testifying, though, that sets a high bar for would-be fabulists.

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        3. Josh Barro‏Verified account @jbarro Sep 21
          Replying to @DouthatNYT @mattklewis

          I think there should be an expectation of testimony under oath, though of course if Kavanaugh withdraws before she testifies that's his prerogative.

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        4. Ross Douthat‏Verified account @DouthatNYT Sep 21
          Replying to @jbarro @mattklewis

          Sure. But as a bar, nobody should expect withdrawal without public testimony.

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        2. Sajizzle‏ @Sajizzle Sep 21
          Replying to @mattklewis @DouthatNYT @jbarro

          This question in this context doesn't really credit the strength of Dr. Ford's accusations and the questionable actions of the Kavanaugh team in response--- why oppose a facially-neutral FBI investigation? Why impose an arbitrary timeline? Why expressly attack her?

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        4. Sajizzle‏ @Sajizzle Sep 21
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          Not true ffs

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