Within the past week, serious allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have been made public. His accuser, professor Christine Blasey Ford, has been revealed. And after some hemming and hawing, Senate Republicans acknowledged that Ford's claims deserve a hearing, and one is scheduled for next week.
But it's still not certain that Monday's hearing will actually take place. It's also not certain that it won't. So after a dizzying week of developments, we're settling down to wait.
The allegations against Kavanaugh — that, at 17, he sexually assaulted a 15-year-old Ford while drunk at a house party — may never be resolved to anyone’s satisfaction.