{"id":32485,"date":"2018-09-25T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T01:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=32485"},"modified":"2018-09-25T01:00:32","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T01:00:32","slug":"presumption-of-innocence-doesnt-apply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=32485","title":{"rendered":"Presumption of innocence doesn’t apply"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I feel the need to pre-empt an argument I am certain will present itself as the nation debates whether a U.S. Supreme Court nominee assaulted a young woman when they were both in high school.<\/p>\n

The argument will go something like this: Brett Kavanaugh is entitled to a presumption of innocence.<\/p>\n

To which I will say: Oh, no he isn’t.<\/p>\n

Christine Blasey Ford has accused Kavanaugh of sexual assault at a party in the early 1980s. She alleges that Kavanaugh put his hand over her mouth and sought to tear her clothing off.<\/p>\n

He denies the incident happened.<\/p>\n

Now, he is entitled to make all the denials he chooses to make. However, he isn’t standing trial for his alleged misdeed. The issue at hand is a purely political one: Should he be seated on the nation’s highest court? Donald Trump has nominated the federal judge to succeed Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n

Ford then came forward to say, in effect, “Not so fast. The judge did something to me that needs to be reviewed.”<\/p>\n

A second woman now has alleged a similar incident occurred involving Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n

I am not passing judgment on Kavanaugh. I want to hear him defend himself. I want to gauge his body language. I also want Christine Ford to speak publicly about what she accuses him of doing to her, and I want to read her body language.<\/p>\n

But I am not going to grant Judge Kavanaugh some phony presumption of innocence. He’s not on trial. He’s only trying to persuade the U.S. Senate to grant him a lifetime job.<\/p>\n\n

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