U.S. Supreme Court,
Judges and Judiciary
Aug. 13, 2018
This didn’t start with Bork
Woeful observers will pine for the good old days, lamenting the death of civility, and declaring that the era of judicial confirmation food fights began with the Borking of Bob Bork in 1987. Bunk.
James Attridge
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James is an attorney and mediator in San Francisco. He is writing a book about presidential legal careers.
Barring an unlikely revelation of the Anthony Weiner variety, Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation to succeed his old boss Tony Kennedy is certain. No Republican will defect, and once the handwriting is on the numerical wall a few Democratic red state mavericks will run feral from the corral. Despite this certainty they'll be weeks of contentious, mean and overstated perorations. Woeful observers will pine for the good old days, lamenting the death of civility, and declarin...
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