In 1987, when Robert Bork met with Senator Edward Kennedy on the eve of his nomination as a justice of the Supreme Court, it was an awkward visit. Kennedy said his response would not be personal. He said that several times.
Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed, but the fight against him has done lasting damage.
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Years from now, perhaps only days from now, when people are no longer quite so inebriated with partisanship, those who wish Brett Kavanaugh well and those who wish him ill will probably agree on one thing: His defiant September 27 statement denying the charges leveled against him in the course of…
For anybody who wasn’t totally committed to the proposition that Christine Blasey Ford spoke only the literal truth about Brett Kavanaugh during her testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, there were long stretches during Kavanaugh’s testimony that felt like a show trial. For hours we watched…
There’s a worse way to deal with members of a restive voting bloc than fight them. It’s called appeasement. And yes, that’s the one that Republicans chose to boost Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.
Rarely have we witnessed so many people pretend a controversy was about one thing when it was so obviously about another. Since September 16, when the name of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser became known—Christine Blasey Ford, a California psychologist, alleges that he sexually…
On Monday night, the Senate Judiciary Committee announced that Christine Blasey Ford would have the opportunity to testify at a public hearing next Monday about her accusation that Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when the two were high-school students, and Kavanaugh will have a chance to…
The spectacle of protesters jumping out of their chairs at regular intervals to shout incoherent slogans during the Brett Kavanaugh hearings did not lend itself to the view that those who oppose the judge’s confirmation are especially clearheaded in their beliefs. Their antics, if we may speak…
Political archaeologists will have plenty of specimens and fragments to examine in the aftermath of the Brett Kavanaugh hearings. The incivility that greeted the Supreme Court nominee was among the worst in modern times—no small achievement while the Haynsworth, Bork, and Thomas hearings live in…
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Testifying before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, CIA director nominee and Kansas Republican Mike Pompeo, was grilled by newly elected Senator Kamala Harris of California over the Central Intelligence Agency's human resources and employee benefits policies regarding gays and lesbians…
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Florida senator Marco Rubio pointedly asked secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson for his views on the Kremlin's treatment of political foes and activity in Syria during a confirmation hearing Wednesday, making for a tense exchange between the Russia hawk and the former Exxon Mobil CEO whose…
When Cory Booker makes history today as the first sitting senator to testify against a fellow senator nominated to a White House cabinet position, it would be wise to keep in mind his record of weaving fictional tales to serve his political goals.