Writings May Trip Up Rao En Route to Replacing Kavanaugh

Neomi Rao’s past writings on date rape, and race and gender will draw scrutiny from Democrats at Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on her nomination to replace Brett Kavanaugh on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Rao is one of the most controversial Donald Trump judicial picks since Kavanaugh, whose epic confirmation battle last fall polarized the nation. She’s also the president’s second nominee to arguably the nation’s second-most powerful court.

Kavanaugh, Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Clarence Thomas all rose to the Supreme Court from the D.C. Circuit. ...