Kavanaugh and the Crisis of Legitimacy

All the Kavanaugh coverage has been intended to undermine his tenure and lay the predicate for structural reform of the U.S. judiciary.  

By Matthew Continetti September 21, 2019

It is impossible to separate the latest attack on Justice Brett Kavanaugh from the political strategy of the Democratic party. On September 16, two days after the New York Times’ “Sunday Review” section told of another allegation of sexual misconduct during Kavanaugh’s college years, Axios AM, an online newsletter, described Democratic plans “to portray President Trump, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell as the three villains defining the three branches of government for the 2020 campaign.” The reasoning: “Each of these white men, they will argue, symbolizes Republican corruption and rule-bending.”

Because opinions of Trump do not change, the Democrats have decided to rally their base against the two other “white men.” That is why all the major Democratic presidential candidates except for Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar called for Kavanaugh’s impeachment after the publication of the Times essay. It is why the media gave the accusation, heard by reporters secondhand, saturation coverage. And it is why Ayanna Pressley, a member of the “Squad,” introduced a resolution to start an impeachment investigation.............To Read More....