On July 9th, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court; since then, it has been declared one of the most controversial nominations of a Supreme Court Justice. If you happen to  be unaware of what’s been going on with Brett Kavanaugh, let alone who he is, I’ll inform you.

In the summer of 1982, Christine Ford, at the time 15, said she was sexually assaulted by Kavanaugh, supposedly 17 at the time, at a party. According to Ford, Kavanaugh and his friend Mark Judge forced her into a bedroom. She was groped, and she says Kavanaugh tried to take her clothes off of her. Ford also claimed that while she was being assaulted, Mark Judge was watching and laughing. Kavanaugh and Judge both denied the allegations when they were brought to the surface by the  The Washington Post. These allegations have been hindering Kavanaugh’s nomination and hearings since September 19th. Since the first senate judiciary hearing, the FBI has uncovered more and more information about the situation. Ella Kadish ‘22, student here at  Whitney Young, says, “after the trial started becoming more significant and started to be investigated more by the FBI, he was caught lying under oath and more unknown information was brought to the surface and made the situation even more significant. Overall, I think the situation was blown out of proportion.”

The main controversy of the situation is whether he is innocent or not, and if he should still be able to be a part of the Supreme Court. Many students here at Whitney Young have opinions on the matter as a whole. Amongst them, Grace Silverstein ‘20, says, “I think that most of this trial is surrounded by ignorance and the fact that he is claiming that Democrats don’t want to believe him is false considering they are holding this long case just to prove his innocence.” Another student, Kaleigh Gaffney ‘19, says something very similar, “It’s frustrating that people keep saying that the Democrats are holding this long hearing to gain more seats in the election when in reality, sexual harassment is a major deal for many people and making it a political scam makes it less significant.”

Though the hearings involving  Kavanaugh and his accusers are close to reaching its conclusion, the controversy will linger over the courts long after the Senate has voted on the judge.