The battle over the confirmation of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court marks another significant step in the transformation of the high court into one more polarizing political body. It has been a long time coming. In the climate that exists today, it will not easily be undone. …
Recent nominees to the court, including Kavanaugh, have likened their role to that of fair-minded umpires dispassionately calling balls and strikes. Polling makes clear that the public has a more jaundiced view of things. So, too, do the politicians, which is why the Kavanaugh nomination stands where it stands today, at the center of a whirling political storm from the beginning and now further aggravated by accusations of sexual assault. CONT.
Dan Balz, Washington Post
Recent polls: Kavanaugh and the Supreme Court