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The US Supreme Court and Gender Politics

Judge Brett Kavanaugh did what no Supreme Court nominee had ever done before. He defended his reputation in public--on Fox News. Meantime, male Republican Senators said they’d hired a “female assistant.”

By Warren Olney • Sep 27, 2018 • 31m Listen

Supreme Court nominees traditionally maintain studied silence until confirmation hearings. Even then, they don’t answers to Senators’ questions directly. President Trump’s second SCOTUS nominee went on Fox News with his wife beside him. He denied claims of heavy drinking and sexual assault while he was in prep school. Will breaking precedent help him or hurt him with a Senate divided almost equally between Democrats and Republicans?

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
David A. Kaplan
Author
Joan Walsh
The Nation / MSNBC
Alexandra Lescaze
Documentary filmmaker and executive director of the Sidney Hillman Foundation

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To the Point

The US Supreme Court and Gender Politics

Judge Brett Kavanaugh did what no Supreme Court nominee had ever done before. He defended his reputation in public--on Fox News. Meantime, male Republican Senators said they’d hired a “female assistant.”

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To the Point

The US Supreme Court and Gender Politics

Judge Brett Kavanaugh did what no Supreme Court nominee had ever done before. He defended his reputation in public--on Fox News. Meantime, male Republican Senators said they’d hired a “female assistant.”

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