Deference Bests Division With Kavanaugh on Supreme Court Bench

  • Justices are all about collegiality in his first arguments
  • Gorsuch tells Kagan to ‘go for it’ as Sotomayor gets playful
Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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The rest of the country may be in turmoil these days. On the U.S. Supreme Court bench, it’s all harmony.

In the five weeks since Brett Kavanaugh became the newest justice after a divisive confirmation fight, the court’s members are going out of their way to offer public displays of collegiality during arguments.