The Supreme Court’s long battle for power
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5 min readSep 8, 2018
Paul Krugman expressed concern this morning that the elevation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court will delegitimize the Court. He expressed the position that Kavanaugh would be the second seat on the Court stolen by Republicans since they refused President Obama’s appointee Merrick Garland even a hearing, and since Trump was elected with a minority of the vote and the assistance of a hostile foreign power…