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Brett Kavanaugh
September 4, 2018
Matt Ford
The Misleading Chaos of the Kavanaugh Hearing
Democrats didn't hold back on the Supreme Court nominee and his Republican defenders, but their end game is less assured.
September 4, 2018
Jeet Heer
White House misrepresents Brett Kavanaugh’s snub of father of shooting victim.
September 4, 2018
Jeet Heer
John McCain’s Senate replacement has only one job: confirm Brett Kavanaugh.
September 4, 2018
Matt Ford
Brett Kavanaugh recycles John Roberts’s baseball metaphor.
September 4, 2018
Matt Ford
What Would You Ask Brett Kavanaugh?
We asked legal scholars that question about the Supreme Court nominee.
August 27, 2018
Matt Ford
Elizabeth Warren vs. the Roberts Court
The Massachusetts senator has a big plan to clean up Washington, but the Supreme Court has proven hostile to anti-corruption laws.
August 20, 2018
Matt Ford
Brett Kavanaugh said Bill Clinton’s behavior ‘would make Nixon blush.’
August 18, 2018
Matt Ford
The Kavanaugh Confirmation Fight Is Getting Messy
President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court should be sailing through the Senate. Instead, his situation is only getting worse.
August 17, 2018
Sarah Jones
Did Brett Kavanaugh lie to the U.S. Senate?
August 15, 2018
Matt Ford
What Democrats Should Really Ask Brett Kavanaugh
The Supreme Court nominee isn't going to weigh in on Roe v. Wade. But he might find it harder to evade inquiries into his past.
August 8, 2018
Emma Scornavacchi
The Glaring Exception in the Coming Battle Over Reproductive Rights
Why an empowered anti-abortion movement is reluctant to take on in-vitro fertilization.
August 7, 2018
Jeet Heer
Democrats want to focus on Brett Kavanaugh’s mentor’s history of sexual harassment.
July 31, 2018
Matt Ford
What Are Republicans Hiding About Brett Kavanaugh?
Their refusal to seek documents from the Supreme Court nominee's tenure as George W. Bush's staff secretary is starting to look suspicious.
July 23, 2018
Matt Ford
A Courtier for the Imperial Presidency
For almost 20 years, Brett Kavanaugh has been a consistent voice in favor of maximal executive power and privilege.
July 19, 2018
Matt Ford
America Is Stuck With the Death Penalty for (at Least) a Generation
With Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement, the national fight to abolish capital punishment will have to go local.
July 12, 2018
Jeet Heer
Trump won’t like Brett Kavanaugh’s position on independent investigations of the White House.
July 12, 2018
Emily Atkin
How the New Supreme Court Could Halt Climate Action
Is Trump's nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, the deciding vote to overturn a key ruling in the fight against global warming?
July 11, 2018
Matt Ford
How the Supreme Court Kills
Roe
v.
Wade
With Anthony Kennedy's retirement, the high court may deliver a blow to abortion rights slowly—or all at once. Here are the potential scenarios.
July 11, 2018
Jeet Heer
It really doesn’t matter that Brett Kavanaugh is a great carpool dad.
July 10, 2018
Jeet Heer
The New York Times
oddly suggests Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is a moderate.
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