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Illustration on the judiciary hearings circus by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Ending the Judiciary circus

By Cal Thomas

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Deborah Ramirez, new Brett Kavanaugh accuser, claims sexual misconduct at Yale

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2018, file photo, after more than an hour of delay over procedural questions, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh waits to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the third day of his confirmation hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct when they were teenagers has come forward to The Washington Post. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Christine Blasey Ford, Brett Kavanaugh accuser, reaches tentative deal to testify Thursday

By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick and Jonathan Lemire - Associated Press

The Supreme Court is seen in Washington, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Committee to look into second woman’s accusation

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The office of Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Latest: Lawyer says woman doesn’t recall attending party

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Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the 2018 Values Voter Summit in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Vice President Mike Pence: Brett Kavanaugh is ‘man of integrity’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally, Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Springfield, Mo. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AP source: Kavanaugh, Ford agree to testify on Thursday

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), speaks to the media on Friday, Sept. 21, 2018, in Portland, Maine. Collins said she's &quot;appalled&quot; by President Donald Trump's tweet criticizing Christine Blasey, accuser of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/Patrick Whittle)

Collins: Delay vote to let Kavanaugh accuser testify

By PATRICK WHITTLE and HOLLY RAMER - Associated Press

The 12th annual Values Voters Summit has arrived in the capital to emphasize the "momentum" and lasting power of America's values. (Family Research Council)

Gary Bauer: Sexual assault allegations against Kavanaugh are unprovable

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Brett M. Kavanaugh, Supreme Court nominee, and a fellow Georgetown Preparatory School student, "corralled" Christine Blasey Ford in a bedroom at a party in the early 1980s and tried to sexually assault her, she told The Washington Post. (Associated Press/File)

The Latest: Senate committee agrees to give Ford more time

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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas sits as he is introduced during an event at the Library of Congress in Washington. When Thomas arrived at the Supreme Court in the fall of 1991 after a bruising confirmation hearing in which his former employee Anita Hill accused him of sexual harassment, fellow justice Byron White said something that stuck with him. “It doesn’t matter how you got here. All that matters now is what you do here,” Thomas recounted in his 2007 memoir, “My Grandfather’s Son.”(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Path forward for Kavanaugh could be like Clarence Thomas’

By JESSICA GRESKO - Associated Press

Protesters cheer at the Women's March on Washington during the first full day of Donald Trump's presidency, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) ** FILE **

George Soros, Amazon and John Legend — the anti-Trump, anti-Kavanaugh funding ties that bind

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., right, and Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, left, speak to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Brett Kavanaugh nomination moves into bizarro male-bashing land

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear addresses reporters outside the Supreme Court at the Kentucky Capitol, where the legality of the 2018 General Assembly's pension reform law was being argued, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

With teachers watching, Kentucky court considers pensions

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

In this July 25, 2012, file photo, Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, speaks during a water project protest at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

John Garamendi, white lawmaker, calls on female House mates to protest ‘white men senators’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2017 file photo, Nevada death row inmate Scott Dozier appears for his court hearing via video at the Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. The Nevada Supreme Court has canceled plans for oral arguments this week on a state request to quickly decide whether a twice-delayed execution of Dozier should go forward despite drugmakers' protests. (Erik Verduzco/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Nevada judge wants more briefs in drugs-for-execution case

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In this Sept. 6, 2018 photo, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh reacts as he testifies after questioning before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Official Washington is scrambling Monday to assess and manage Kavanaugh’s prospects after his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, revealed her identity to The Washington Post and described an encounter she believes was attempted rape. Kavanaugh reported to the White House amid the upheaval, but there was no immediate word on why or whether he had been summoned. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Latest: Trump says Kavanaugh delay has gone on too long

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, right, reacts to a question from a reporter on the Senate subway, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, as she responds to questions about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Gender politics at play as Senate grapples with nomination

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

Alumni of Holton-Arms School, Karen Bralove, class of 1963, left, Alexis Goldstein, class of 1999, and Sarah Burgess, class of 2005, speak to members of the media about a letter they delivered to the office of Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., who is also an alumni of the school, Thursday, Sept. 20, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The letter, which the group wants Capito to sign, calls for an independent investigation of accusations by Christine Blasey Ford, a 1984 alumni of the school, against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Christine Blasey Ford remembered in Dewey Beach bar scene

By S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018, in Washington. Christine Blasey Ford wants the FBI to investigate her allegation that she was sexually assaulted by Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh before she testifies at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Christine Blasey Ford must attend hearing or lose opportunity, Chuck Grassley says

By Alex Swoyer and Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times