Since it is impossible to refute something that never happened when no verifiable facts concerning the event are presented. The only defense is a “she said, he said” defense.

By definition those defenses are based solely on who is more believable and therefore rely on expressing emotions that convey the sincerity of what you are saying. A simple, it never happened response does not go very far in thse kinds of situations.

As such, I don’t think even if the law says innocent until proven guilty, that Kavanaugh could have simply responded that as a candidate for Supreme Court Justice that Ford had not met the evidence test needed to convict him and let it go at that… do you?

No pleas have subverted a thorough subsequent detailed examination of the allegations… The DNC or any other wealthy individual could have bankrolled a detailed examination of the allegations and if it was determined Kavanaugh was guilty, I have no doubt he would have been impeached and removed from the bench. Remember it was threatened at the time… so ask yourself, why was it not undertaken… or perhaps it was and nothing more found so it was not brought up… do you know?

What would have been wrong was to continuously delay or defer Kavanaugh’s nomination because of unproven allegations. That would carry the same result as finding Kavanaugh guilty, just as it would be unfair for the DNC to deny Biden the opportunity to be the DNC candidate for the highest office in America until any and all possible allegations made against him or subsequently brought up have been resolved.