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Jennifer Rubin: Why Brett Kavanaugh should not be confirmed

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.