I’m just about ready to scream. I see this everywhere I look.
Kavanaugh denies the allegation; Christine Blasey Ford, a professor in California, stands by her story and has taken a polygraph test and shared therapy notes to corroborate it. Powerful Republicans have lined up behind Kavanaugh, including President Trump, but they also expressed some openness to pausing the nomination to look into Ford’s claims. [Amber Phillips, The Fix]
THE POLYGRAPH IS NOT SCIENCE.
It’s even worse than random chance, according to folks who’ve run studies. It can be gamed. American courts do not permit its findings as evidence.
There. Thank you. I feel so much better.
