What Teenagers Think About the Allegations Against Brett Kavanaugh

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Teenagers across the country are watching how adults are handling the allegations against President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, and taking notes.

Leyla Fern King, a high school sophomore in St. Louis, Mo., was asked by her mother this week what she thinks about Brett M. Kavanaugh: If he was guilty at 17 of sexually assaulting a girl at a party decades ago, should he still be held accountable?

“He should,” said Ms. King, who is 15, “because you’re definitely supposed to know right from wrong by my age.”

Defenders of Mr. Kavanaugh have argued that events dating from so long ago are irrelevant and should have no impact on his confirmation. Mr. Kavanaugh, who is 53, has also denied the allegations. But teenagers across the country said in interviews that they were disturbed to see so many adults dismissing the accusations against Mr. Kavanaugh by Christine Blasey Ford. Much of the story felt familiar to them.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/us/brett-kavanaugh-high-school.html

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[BootinUp]

1. This whole shitshow is going to cost them.

I am quite certain of that.

[More_Cowbell]

2. That needs to be a commercial

Without even mentioning Kavanaugh, just have young people saying "Don't tell kids that they can do any damage they want in high school."

eta: Maybe with the caption "We know better."

[Haggis for Breakfast]

3. Well, they know that we need better gun laws.