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#MeToo: Time to rethink the biased and deeply flawed idea of ‘due process’ that has failed women time and again
#MeToo needs to be the hammer that shatters our biased and deeply flawed idea of due process, leaving room for something better to emerge.
#MeToo: Trauma of patriarchal terms like 'eve-teasing' shed dominance as 'sexual harassment' takes over
Feminists have long argued about the gendered nature of language and how it furthers patriarchy.
'Our base is on fire': US midterm forecasts point to sharp gains for Donald Trump party after Brett Kavanaugh firestorm; pushback against #MeToo
Midterm elections usually go badly for a sitting US president’s party but here too, Trump is a wildcard and the first signs are polls showing Republican strength in the Senate forecasts. In most midterms, the Senate and the House swing in the same direction. If the Senate and House go in opposite directions, it’s rare and will prove a bump from the Trump-Kavanaugh combo.
Donald Trump '100 percent certain' Brett Kavanaugh accuser named wrong person; says protesters paid by liberal donors
Trump’s words echoed those of Ford who told the Senate Judiciary Committee that she was “100 percent” certain it was Kavanaugh who sexually assaulted her in the upstairs bedroom of a home in a wealthy Washington suburb in 1982 when both of them were teenagers.
Amy Schumer, Emily Ratajkowski arrested in protests against Brett Kavanaugh, accused of alleged sexual abuse
Amy Schumer and Emily Ratajkowski were among the over 300 people who were arrested for protesting in the Senate office against Kavanaugh's nomination to SC
Brett Kavanaugh sexual assault case: White House denies 'micromanaging' inquiry, says FBI has 'free rein'
US President Donald Trump hit back Sunday at suggestions his administration is trying to "micromanage" the FBI investigation of controversial Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, accusing opposition Democrats of being interested only in obstruction.
FBI reaches out to second woman who accused US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct
On Friday, United States President Donald Trump ordered the FBI to conduct a supplemental investigation into Kavanaugh over Christine Blasey Ford's sexual assault allegation.
After fiery Senate hearing, Donald Trump backs embattled Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh; calls process 'total sham'
Donald Trump whole-heartedly backed Brett Kavanaugh, whose Supreme Court nomination will be put to an initial vote on Friday, after a dramatic Senate hearing that saw him furiously fight back against sexual assault allegations dating back decades ago.
Donald Trump could withdraw Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination if sexual assault claims found to be credible
US president Donald Trump praised his Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday but said he would be open to withdrawing his nomination if he finds sexual assault allegations against him to be credible.
Donald Trump says his past accusers influence thinking on Brett Kavanaugh; claims 'a lot of false charges made against me' as he wades into #MeToo moment
An agitated President Donald Trump acknowledged Wednesday that past accusations of sexual misconduct against him have influenced the way he views similar allegations against other men, including his Supreme Court nominee.
US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh denies allegation after second woman accuses him of sexual misconduct in college
The White House and Brett Kavanaugh have denied an allegation made by a second woman accusing President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee of inappropriate sexual behaviour
Woman accusing US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault agrees to testify before Senate panel next week
The woman whose sexual assault allegation threatens to bring down US president Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, has agreed to testify in the Senate, her lawyers said on Saturday, setting up a dramatic showdown next week.
Brett Kavanaugh versus Christine Blasey Ford in next week's likely showdown: All you need to know about this battle of optics and truth in US election season
The congressional showdown taking shape between Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the woman who has accused him of sexual assault is a battle of optics as much as truth, and it comes at the height of campaign season.
Brett Kavanaugh nomination chaos: Donald Trump drops civil tone, slams accuser Christine Blasey Ford's credibility
Abandoning his previous restraint, US president Donald Trump challenged by name the woman accusing his Supreme Court nominee of sexual assault on Friday, declaring that if the alleged attack was so terrible she would have reported it to law enforcement.
Donald Trump pushes woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault to testify next week
US president Donald Trump piled pressure on Wednesday on the woman accusing his Supreme Court pick of sexual assault by insisting that she testify next week if she wants to be heard.
Americans are having a good laugh over the Brett Kavanaugh circus as this wildcard explodes into midterm election calculations
Recent polling already has the Republicans on the ropes among younger college educated women. The Kavanaugh story will only deepen the cultural chasm. ““The Republican college-educated woman is done...They’re gone. They were going anyway at some point in time. Trump triggers them”, Trump’s exiled chief strategist Steve Bannon said long before Kavanaugh was anywhere on the scene.
Brett Kavanaugh accuser demands FBI investigation into own allegation before testifying for US congressional committee
A woman, who has accused Judge Brett Kavanaugh, the nominee for the US Supreme Court Judge, of sexual assault, on Wednesday demanded an FBI investigation into her allegation before presenting herself to a Congressional committee for testimony.
Sexual assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh: US Senate Judiciary to hold public hearing; Donald Trump defends his SC pick
Donald Trump defended his Supreme Court pick and said Brett Kavanaugh looks forward to a hearing where he can clear his name.