Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is right that Senate’s confirmation process is "a national disgrace." Reduce the role of government, and we reduce the vitriol over Supreme Court nominations. The Supreme Court — and the federal courts generally — are more deeply involved in our lives than they were 50 years ago. It was hard to get really angry about a Supreme Court nomination when the decisions of the court rarely made any difference in your life. In my 2013 book, Dumbing Down the Courts, I show that the length of Supreme Court confirmation hearings has grown with the expansion of judicial power.

Source: Fox News September 30, 2018 07:52 UTC