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William Rehnquist
politics
Jan. 27, 2022
Democrats Are Playing Catch-up on Supreme Court Nominations
Republicans have appointed the lion’s share of justices in recent decades. Biden needs to make the most of his rare opportunity.
By
Ed Kilgore
u.s. supreme court
Aug. 27, 2021
Breyer’s Retirement Indecision Means Democrats Really Need to Hold the Senate
Maybe Breyer will step down next year, but if he doesn’t and Republicans take back the Senate, Mitch McConnell may not let Biden name a successor.
By
Ed Kilgore
supreme court
Oct. 27, 2020
Trump’s Justices Show How They Might Help Him in Contested Election
Gorsuch defends Republican state legislatures’ power over election disputes. Kavanaugh echoes Trump’s attacks on mail-in ballots. Be very afraid.
By
Ed Kilgore
kavanaugh watch
May 27, 2019
Is Justice Kavanaugh As Bad As Democrats Feared?
Conservatives’ salvation? Cautious operator? Here’s what we’ve learned so far about the impact Kavanaugh will have on the law, and Americans’ lives.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh confirmation
Sept. 12, 2018
What You Need to Know About Kavanaugh’s ‘Abortion-Inducing Drugs’ Comment
Harris and Clinton may have made a marginally misleading argument against Kavanaugh. But it pales beside the Big Con about his views on abortion.
By
Ed Kilgore
the kavanaugh hearings
Sept. 4, 2018
Why the Still-Secret Brett Kavanaugh Documents Are a Scandal
Whatever may be lurking in Kavanaugh’s past might be the Democrats’ last chance to stop his nomination.
By
Cristian Farias
July 12, 2018
A 2017 Kavanaugh Speech Will Provoke Controversy in His SCOTUS Confirmation
The speech that helped elevate Kavanaugh to Trump’s SCOTUS list doesn’t prove prejudgment of a challenge to
Roe
v.
Wade
, but it raises big questions.
By
Ed Kilgore