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Brett Kavanaugh

  1. cable news
    The Kavanaugh Hearings Gave MSNBC Its Biggest Daytime Ratings EverBut during Kavanaugh’s testimony, Fox News drew more viewers than MSNBC and CNN combined.
    By Josef Adalian
  2. the kavanaugh hearings
    When Powerful Men Are Convinced They Can’t Be WrongOr, what Brett Kavanaugh has in common with Roger Clemens.
    By Adam Sternbergh
  3. the kavanaugh hearings
    Brett Kavanaugh’s Familiar LogicHis kind of misdirection, the assumption that women are tricked into acting in a way inconvenient to the powerful, is a tactic we’ve seen before.
    By Irin Carmon
  4. the kavanaugh hearings
    Mediocre White Man Falls Apart and Is Promptly Put Back TogetherBrett Kavanaugh barely even had to try.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  5. the kavanaugh hearings
    How Will a One-Week Delay Affect the Supreme Court Confirmation Timeline?If it doesn’t change any votes, the delay for the FBI investigation may not matter that much to the GOP. But that could depend on election results.
    By Ed Kilgore
  6. politics
    Alyssa Milano’s Cell Phone Wasn’t Confiscated During Kavanaugh HearingShe attended as a guest of Senator Feinstein.
    By Hunter Harris
  7. the kavanaugh hearings
    Senate Judiciary Committee Votes to Send Kavanaugh’s Confirmation to Full SenateSenate Judiciary Committee voted 11 to 10 to advance Kavanaugh’s confirmation; Flake called for a delay on the Senate vote to allow FBI investigation.
    By Lisa Ryan
  8. the national circus
    Frank Rich: The Ford-Kavanaugh Hearings Were a Case Study in GOP MisogynyThe Senate hearing was a travesty — at once tragic, corrupt, and hateful.
    By Frank Rich
  9. the kavanaugh hearings
    What It Was Like to Watch Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony With Anita Hill“She spoke about her demeanor at her own deposition and said she couldn’t have gotten emotional.”
    By Gabriella Paiella and Jessica Prois
  10. the kavanaugh hearings
    Lindsey Graham Goes Savagely Partisan in Defense of Phony BipartisanshipThe South Carolinian puts Washington on notice: when he chairs the Judiciary Committee next year, he’ll run it as an openly Republican operation.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the kavanaugh hearings
    Red-State Democrat Joe Donnelly to Vote ‘No’ on KavanaughDonnelly is one of the Senate’s most vulnerable Democratic incumbents.
    By Eric Levitz
  12. the kavanaugh hearings
    The Myth of the Perfect VictimDr. Christine Blasey Ford proves there’s no such thing.
    By Caitlin Moscatello
  13. the kavanaugh hearings
    The Entitled Rage of Brett KavanaughNothing offends the privileged more than an accusation from a non-elite.
    By Lisa Miller
  14. the kavanaugh hearings
    Kavanaugh: Such a BrettThe hearing was a grotesque spectacle of prep-school swagger.
    By Noreen Malone
  15. the kavanaugh hearings
    Why Conservatives Will Regret Confirming Brett KavanaughJohn Roberts’s majority has issued many radical decisions without Democratic voters taking notice. With Kavanaugh on the bench, they will.
    By Eric Levitz
  16. christine blasey ford
    House Members Standing in Silent Protest of Kavanaugh Vote Led out by PoliceThe women stood silently to oppose his confirmation.
    By Kelly Conaboy
  17. interesting times
    Andrew Sullivan: Everyone Lost at the Kavanaugh-Ford HearingsThe process was broken. Justice was ill served. And democracy is worse off for all of it.
    By Andrew Sullivan
  18. the kavanaugh hearings
    Democrats Walk Out of Kavanaugh Hearing Room, Decrying It As Totally Ridiculous“This is just totally ridiculous. What a railroad job.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  19. the kavanaugh hearings
    Kavanaugh’s Yale Classmate Calls Out His ‘Blatant Lying’ at Hearing“While at Yale, he was a big partier, often drank to excess, and there had to be a number of nights where he does not remember.”
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  20. politics
    The Brett Kavanaugh Hearing Was Disturbing, Dramatic TVHow the Senate hearing about Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual-assault allegations became a strange, exhausting TV show.
    By Jen Chaney
  21. the kavanaugh hearings
    Jeff Flake’s Cowardly Justification for Voting to Confirm KavanaughWhile he found Christine Blasey Ford’s heartbreaking testimony “compelling,” he says Kavanaugh’s was “persuasive.”
    By Amanda Arnold
  22. the kavanaugh hearings
    Furious Sexual-Assault Survivors Confront Jeff Flake in Elevator Over Kavanaugh“Look at me when I’m talking to you! You’re telling me that my assault doesn’t matter. That what happened to me doesn’t matter.”
    By Lisa Ryan
  23. the national interest
    Kavanaugh Would be the Trumpiest Supreme Court JusticeForget about calling balls and strikes. Kavanaugh appealed to raw partisan animus.
    By Jonathan Chait
  24. the kavanaugh hearings
    George W. Bush Is Whipping Votes for Brett KavanaughThe former president is reaching out to Republican senators who would rather hear from him than Trump.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  25. the kavanaugh hearings
    American Bar Association: Delay Kavananugh Confirmation for FBI InvestigationThe ABA wants an FBI investigation into the sexual misconduct claims against the judge.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  26. the kavanaugh hearings
    Judiciary to Vote on Kavanaugh Friday, His Confirmation Still UncertainThe full Senate could vote as soon as early next week.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  27. the body politic
    What a Good BoyIn the end, Brett Kavanaugh proved that he’s exactly what Republicans want for the Supreme Court.
    By Rebecca Traister
  28. the kavanaugh hearings
    GOP: We Need More Evidence to Judge Ford’s Claims. Please Don’t Give Us Any.Senate Republicans’ arguments for why the FBI does not need to investigate allegations against Kavanaugh collapse under scrutiny.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. the kavanaugh confirmation
    After Ford-Kavanaugh Hearing, It’s Total WarAn exhausting, emotional set of hearings leaves one party doubting Kavanaugh’s sincerity and the other shrieking about a partisan conspiracy.
    By Ed Kilgore
  30. the kavanaugh hearings
    The Most Important Moments From the Kavanaugh Sexual-Assault HearingA running list of the biggest moments from the hearing on Christine Blasey Ford’s assault allegation against Brett Kavanaugh.
    By Lisa Ryan
  31. the kavanaugh hearings
    All the Questions Kavanaugh Didn’t Answer During the Senate Judiciary CommitteeBrett Kavanaugh evaded and dodged his ways through the Democrats’ questioning.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  32. the kavanaugh hearings
    Why Brett Kavanaugh’s Hearings Convinced Me That He’s GuiltyKavanaugh’s many lies about small questions mean he’s probably lying about the big question.
    By Jonathan Chait
  33. the kavanaugh hearings
    Kavanaugh’s Testimony Was a Master Class in White Male EntitlementHe painted himself as the everyman, brought up his female friends, and accused his enemies of conspiring to keep him from power.
    By Amanda Arnold
  34. the kavanaugh hearings
    Unsurprisingly, Kavanaugh’s Testimony Sounded Pretty Good to a Lot of People“Imagine how he feels for half a second.”
    By Kelly Conaboy
  35. 2018 midterms
    Here’s What Happens If Republicans Dump KavanaughIt’s unlikely, but if Trump pulls the plug on Kavanaugh he’ll have time to nominate someone else in time for confirmation later this year.
    By Ed Kilgore
  36. christine ford hearing
    Christine Blasey Ford’s Testimony Was a Calamity for the Republican PartyThe president is reportedly furious that no one warned him “of how credible” Brett Kavanaugh’s accuser would seem.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. the kavanaugh hearings
    Christine Blasey Ford Is a Class TraitorThat’s why she scares Republicans.
    By Irin Carmon
  38. the kavanaugh confirmation
    Chuck Grassley’s Handling of the Ford Hearing Is an Ongoing DisasterIn the high drama of this moment, the 85-year-old farmer is overmatched.
    By Ed Kilgore
  39. the kavanaugh hearings
    ‘Women for Kavanaugh’ Show Support at Sexual-Assault HearingThere he is.
    By Kelly Conaboy
  40. the kavanaugh hearings
    Senate Dems Deftly Highlighted GOP Insensitivity Toward Christine Blasey FordFeinstein set the hearing’s tone by noting the historic mishandling of sexual-assault claims, while GOP senators looked feckless and uncomfortable.
    By Ed Kilgore
  41. the kavanaugh hearings
    This Is What Christine Blasey Ford Saw As She TestifiedTV cameras didn’t capture the full scope of what Ford faced as she answered questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
    By Jake Swearingen
  42. the kavanaugh hearings
    This Is What Christine Blasey Ford Saw As She TestifiedTV cameras didn’t capture the full scope of what Ford faced as she answered questions before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
    By Jake Swearingen
  43. the kavanaugh hearings
    Senator Feinstein: ‘Our Institutions Have Not Progressed’The senator opened the Kavanaugh hearing with powerful statements on sexual assault.
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  44. the kavanaugh hearings
    Dianne Feinstein Interrupted by Chuck Grassley Minutes Into Kavanaugh HearingAlready off to a great start.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  45. politics
    How to Watch the Brett Kavanaugh HearingBuckle up.
    By Hunter Harris
  46. the law
    Kavanaugh Hearings: How Should Senators View the Evidence?Supreme Court confirmation hearings aren’t trials. Senators are free to make up their own minds about what they hear, with basically no constraints.
    By Cristian Farias
  47. the kavanaugh hearings
    Is the GOP Releasing Anonymous Kavanaugh Claims to Discredit Legitimate Ones?If so, there are early signs it’s working.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  48. the kavanaugh hearings
    What to Expect During Christine Blasey Ford’s Senate Judiciary HearingChristine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh will both testify.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  49. the kavanaugh hearings
    Trump Says Kavanaugh’s Accusers Are Like His Own: FraudulentIn a press conference, Trump dismissed sexual assault accusers — Brett Kavanaugh’s and his own — while hinting he could yet nix the nomination.
    By Ed Kilgore
  50. the kavanaugh hearings
    Every Absurd Comment Trump Made About Women During His Unhinged Press ConferenceTrump managed to lie about how many women support him and call his sexual-assault accusers liars in one bizarre event.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
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