When first allegation came out and it was still anonymous, I considered that both might be telling the truth - the assault had occurred, just like the accuser said; and the accused (by virtue of being very drunk) might not remember that it had occurred so believed it hadn't /1
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Replying to @boardingsoon @ezraklein
but all that went our the window as soon as the denials became a cover-up. People who know they're innocent would BEG for an investigation that would exonerate them. The fact that they refused an investigation and witness testimonies to me only proved his guilt.
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Replying to @boardingsoon @ezraklein
I see a lot of tweets about an investigation, but very little about what they would actually investigate. The people in question deny it, she didn’t tell anyone at the time, nobody knows where or when it happened, and it was 37 years ago. So... what are we looking for?
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Replying to @sandersism @ezraklein
How about a polygraph for Kavanaugh? For Mark Judge? How about interviewing witnesses about their behavior at the time? How can you know what will turn up, unless you look?
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Polygraphs are pseudoscience with zero validity, and every serious psychologist knows it. You might as well adjudicate a case with astrology.
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Replying to @primalpoly @boardingsoon and
Kav doesn’t think so. Check his judicial record. Multiple times where he help up a polygraph as valid evidence.
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With all due respect, Kav may not know the relevant science.
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Replying to @primalpoly @boardingsoon and
May well be the case. And if so, I would say that such a gap in his legal knowledge disqualified him from a seat on the highest court in the land.
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