The confirmation battle over the nomination of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has left the country as it was before President Trump selected him: deeply divided, politically polarized and with many people hostile toward those of opposing views.
But that hardly means everything has reverted to the status quo. The divisions have been magnified because of this raw, wrenching moment in the history of the country. The intensity of these kinds of clashes sometimes fades with time, but unless and until that happens, the Kavanaugh confirmation will be register in significant ways — in the midterm elections, at the Supreme Court and on the already growing political divide between women and men. CONT.
Dan Balz, Washington Post