Kavanaugh accusations warrant investigation

Sexual assault should not be a partisan issue.

That’s not a statement I ever thought would have to be spelled out in black and white, but rather a given based on human decency. But here we are.

It’s a statement that seems to have been forgotten in the wake of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s bid for the Supreme Court, which has been fraught with accounts from multiple women accusing him of sexual misconduct.

Professor Christine Blasey Ford came forward earlier this month to accuse Kavanaugh of attempted sexual assault, while just last weekend, another woman reported an incident of sexual misconduct all...