Jennifer Rubin: Why Brett Kavanaugh should not be confirmed

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)Many of the arguments made by Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh's supporters are illogical or downright wrong. So many, in fact, that one is tempted to confuse bad-faith or amateurish arguments against recent allegations (e.g., "there is no evidence against him" - as if completely credible victim testimony under oath, prior statements and a polygraph don't count) with arguments against his confirmation. The two are not the same. His supporters' arguments - an illogical and unproven assertion that this is a left-wing smear - may be laughable but are not in and of themselves reason to reject him. They are, however, evidence of the intellectual collapse of the right. We'll address that in a moment.

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