To the Point
The Kavanaugh Factor and the Midterm Elections
Republicans have secured their long-term goal: a right-wing majority on the U.S. Supreme Court. There are conflicting expectations for rulings on abortion, immigration, voting rights--and the powers of both the White House and Congress.
By Warren Olney • • 53m ListenThe latest Supreme Court confirmation tested the constitutional separation between executive, legislative and judicial powers. The new, right-wing majority will likely guarantee continued division over politics, culture and ideology. We’ll hear how the court might rule on controversial issues. We’ll also look around the country at how these weeks of brutal confrontations might impact next month’s elections to the Senate and Congress.
A protester against the confirmation of U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh outside the Warren E. Burger Federal Building in St. Paul, Minnesota. Photo credit: Lorie Shaull
Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Dahlia Lithwick
Author; Senior legal affairs correspondent, Slate; podcast host, Amicus podcast
Mona Charen
Columnist. Senior Fellow Ethics and Public Policy Center. Author of Sex Matters
Larry Sabato
Director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics and editor of Sabato’s Crystal Ball. He’s author of “The Kennedy Half Century; The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy.”