Revisiting What Happened to Anita Hill

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 26 September 2018

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Twenty-seven years ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Anita F. Hill, a law professor, and Judge Clarence Thomas, the Supreme Court nominee she accused of sexual harassment. We look at how those events are shaping the confirmation hearings for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh. Guest: Kate Zernike, who covers politics for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:25.6	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro.
0:32.6	This is The Daily.
0:35.6	Today, 27 years ago, the Senate Judiciary Committee interrogated Anita Hill and Clarence
0:48.1	Thomas.
0:49.9	Now what happened then is shape it.
1:01.0	What happens tomorrow?
1:02.8	It's Wednesday, September 26.
1:06.0	Does this Marshall, can you tell us a little bit more about what went into your decision
1:13.0	to resign at this time and what the motivations were?
1:17.8	You mentioned your doctor and your wife.
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