Kavanaugh Hearing Draws Supreme Court Into Politics It Disclaims
- Nominee criticized Democrats, ‘pent-up’ anger over Trump
- Confirmation could deepen high court’s ideological divide
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The U.S. Supreme Court was already struggling to stay above politics. That may be about to get a lot harder.
High court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate testimony in response to allegations of sexual assault left a partisan gulf -- with him squarely on the Republican side. Kavanaugh and Democratic senators scowled and shouted at each other as he angrily, and sometimes tearfully, denied the claims.