In the summer of 2018, Justice Anthony Kennedy retired from the Supreme Court and President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to fill the open position. The uproar that followed, and the outrageous smear campaign that the Democrats and the corporate press waged against Kavanaugh, were beyond almost anything I’ve ever seen in politics. I followed the nomination, Senate hearings, and final confirmation of Kavanaugh very closely, and I expected them to be contentious and that the opposition would put up a fight. I’m pretty cynical about the corporate press, yet I was still shocked to see the utter depravity of their attempts to destroy a man who ended up being fully vindicated–and fortunately, confirmed to the Court in October 2018.
But the battle over Kavanaugh was much broader than an isolated accusation of sexual assault. My guest today is Carrie Severino, coauthor of “Justice On Trial,” a bestselling new book–this despite a total media blackout–that provides a comprehensive account of the Kavanaugh nomination from beginning to end. Carrie and her co-author, Mollie Hemingway, interviewed over 100 people, including members of the Court and of Congress, and even broke some new reporting as part of the book. She is the leader and public face of the Judicial Crisis Network, a legal advocacy group that seeks to nominate judges who hold to an originalist view of the Constitution.
Get Justice On Trial on Amazon.
Follow Carrie Severino on the web:
Follow Mollie Hemingway on the web:
***SPONSOR***
Please consider supporting the show by checking out one of my favorite tools for web security, Nord VPN. I am a very satisfied customer currently in the midst of a 3-year subscription, and Nord has become an indispensable security tool on all my devices.
Get up to 70% off with their 3-year-plan at www.closemindedpodcast.com/vpn
++++++++++++++++
Thanks to LEVV for the bumper music.
