The Senate’s take-no-prisoners partisan warfare over U.S. Appeals Court Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination and Kavanaugh’s own decidedly injudicious denunciations of his political enemies have placed the court in an unwelcome spotlight as it begins a new term Monday. U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh takes a seat before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill. “The Supreme Court must never be viewed as a partisan institution,” he said. But those who watch the court speculated on how the testimony went over across the street, at the Supreme Court. This isn’t really a proper fact-finding or a full investigation — it’s just a political process.

Source: Washington Post September 29, 2018 17:15 UTC