▁and ▁are ▁in ad miss ible ▁in ▁courts , ▁Hill ' s ▁results ▁did ▁support ▁her ▁statements . ▁Thomas ▁did ▁not ▁take ▁a ▁poly graph ▁test . ▁He ▁made ▁a ▁veh ement ▁and ▁complete ▁den ial , ▁saying ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁being ▁subject ed ▁to ▁a ▁" high - tech ▁l yn ch ing ▁for ▁upp ity ▁black s " ▁by ▁white ▁liber als ▁who ▁were ▁seeking ▁to ▁block ▁a ▁black ▁conserv ative ▁from ▁taking ▁a ▁seat ▁on ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court . ▁After ▁extensive ▁debate , ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Senate ▁confirmed ▁Thomas ▁to ▁the ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁by ▁a ▁vote ▁of ▁ 5 2 – 4 8 , ▁the ▁narrow est ▁margin ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁ ▁Thomas ' ▁supp or ters ▁question ed ▁Hill ' s ▁cred ibility , ▁claim ing ▁she ▁was ▁del us ional ▁or ▁had ▁been ▁sp urn ed , ▁leading ▁her ▁to ▁seek ▁reven ge . ▁They ▁c ited ▁the ▁time ▁delay ▁of ▁ten ▁years ▁between ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁behavior ▁by ▁Thomas ▁and ▁Hill ' s ▁accus ations , ▁and ▁noted ▁that ▁Hill ▁had ▁followed ▁Thomas ▁to ▁a ▁second ▁job ▁and ▁later ▁had ▁personal ▁contacts ▁with ▁Thomas , ▁including ▁giving ▁him ▁a ▁ride ▁to ▁an ▁air port — be havior ▁which ▁they ▁said ▁would ▁be ▁in exp lic able ▁if ▁Hill ' s ▁alleg ations ▁were ▁true . ▁Hill ▁counter ed ▁that ▁she ▁had ▁come ▁forward ▁because ▁she ▁felt ▁an ▁oblig ation ▁to ▁share ▁information ▁on ▁the ▁character ▁and ▁actions ▁of ▁a ▁person ▁who ▁was