It was the GOP and Kavanaugh who dragged their feet and are now trying to limit the scope of the FBI’s work. This is not a \u00ab\u00a0stampede to judgment.\u00a0\u00bb<\/b>
\nIn a column on Sunday, Mona Charen wrote the following about the Senate Judiciary Committee\u2019s hearing into the qualifications of Judge Brett Kavanaugh: \u201cI don\u2019t know who\u2019s lying. . but I do know that this carnival has had little to do with the truth.\u201d
I would demur and say that it has everything to do with the truth. Kavanaugh is hoping to be seated on the highest court in the land, yet his past behavior speaks negatively about his character. He may have lied to the committee on small and large issues. There are numerous allegations of his heavy drinking, which he denies.
Logic would dictate a full and complete FBI investigation to establish the truth. It was the GOP and Kavanaugh who dragged their feet and are now trying to limit the scope of the FBI\u2019s work. This is not a \u201cstampede to judgment,\u201d despite what Charen writes. Our country deserves the truth about Supreme Court nominees before they are appointed to the bench for a lifetime.
As I read your Sept. 30 editorial, in which you warned of a \u201crushed probe that will further cement the GOP\u2019s reputation as the party that turns a blind eye to sexual assault,\u201d the names Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky kept coming to mind.
Today\u2019s paragons of virtue \u2014 Senate Democrats \u2014 pledged at that time to put their trust in a man who sullied not only his own honor, but also the honor of the presidency. And this was not a 36-year-old \u201che said, she said\u201d situation involving teenagers. This was the Leader of the Free World and a young female intern.
Which political party\u2019s reputation is tainted? Which party turns a blind eye to the sexual assault of women?
According to polls, 80 percent of Americans think the Constitution guarantees equality to women. But as Phil Kadner wrote in a recent column, they are wrong. Kadner also was right to point out that our nation\u2019s failure to pass the Equal Rights Amendment has not been a partisan issue. Democrats have failed to support it, too. In May, Illinois became the 37 th state to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. I\u2019m so proud of Illinois for taking this stance. I\u2019m also proud of Sen. Dick Durbin for asking Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about the ERA.
Eight of the 20 members of Congress from Illinois, however, have yet to declare their support for House Joint Resolution 53, which would clear the path for federal ratification of the ERA.
Ask your representative where he or she stands. Let\u2019s ratify the ERA.<\/p>\n

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