At least we will have greater clarity about a right-wing Supreme Court.
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Trump and McConnell Take Gaslighting to New Level in Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight
The use of an anti-Semitic trope to condemn protesters for exercising their First Amendment rights signals a turning point in the authoritarian trajectory of our politics.
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Thursday’s Anti-Kavanaugh March
Sexual-assault survivors and protesters demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court against Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination.
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The Collins Conundrum
Maine’s court of public opinion considers the case of Brett Kavanaugh—and of Susan Collins, too.
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Enough Is Enough: Kavanaugh Should Not Sit on the Supreme Court
A law professor who works with juvenile offenders believes that the judge’s behavior during his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing disqualifies him from a lifetime appointment.
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The Back-Up Way of Defeating Kavanaugh
Assume the worst: Let’s posit that within a week, despite the evidence of his abuses when young, his temperament when middle-aged, and his unyieldingly troglodytic beliefs at all times, Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. That, of course, would create the first hard-right majority on the Court since 1937—a majority dead-set against […]
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Will the Republicans Dump Kavanaugh?
It all comes down to the FBI’s investigation.
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A Very Tarnished Court
Kavanaugh, or his replacement, will be the fifth Republican justice sitting illegitimately.
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The Best Explanation for Ford’s and Kavanaugh’s Conflicting Stories
Christine Blasey Ford was scarred for life. Brett Kavanaugh doesn’t have any reason to remember it.
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What Will the FBI Actually Investigate — If Anything?
Conundrums from the Flake proposal