Supreme Court Not Always Above Politics

The extraordinary hearing to air out sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has once again cast the high court in a political light.

This whole effort “has been a calculated and orchestrated political hit, fueled with apparent pent-up anger about President Trump and the 2016 election,” Kavanaugh said. “Fear that has been unfairly stoked about my judicial record. Revenge on behalf of the Clintons. And millions of dollars in money from outside left-wing opposition groups,” he continued.

Commentators lamented that the testimony was damaging to the court as an institution, and wondered if we could ever ...