The party of men: Kavanaugh fight risks worsening the Trump GOP’s gender problem

The Republican Party’s fight to save President Trump’s embattled Supreme Court nominee amid allegations of sexual assault has surfaced deep anxieties over the hypermasculine mind-set that has come to define the GOP in the nation’s roiling gender debate. … Trump risks solidifying the Republican Party as the party of men. […] Read more »

The Kavanaugh nomination is another big step in the politicization of the Supreme Court

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. […] Read more »

Trump Galvanized a Movement of Women. Kavanaugh Is Testing It.

In his first appearance before the nation, Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh positioned himself as an ally of social change for women in America. Standing beside President Trump at the White House, Judge Kavanaugh spoke of being a father of daughters and a coach to a girls’ basketball team. He hailed […] Read more »

4 reasons why the Kavanaugh hearings have become a stalled tropical storm

All eyes — at least in Washington — are on the battle over confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court. Sexual assault allegations against him have stalled his nomination in the Senate Judiciary Committee, where it waits like a stalled tropical storm, unable to reach the floor for […] Read more »