Brett Kavanaugh's hasty confirmation is a national embarrassment

The fallout from this slipshod process will linger for a very long time

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If you're looking for a case study in how the Trump Era has tainted just about everything it touches, you could do worse than to look back to the 2018 confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.

Kavanaugh is back in the news thanks to a new book — excerpted over the weekend in The New York Times — that expands upon and revives allegations of sexual harassment made against him from when he was student at Yale. Let us assume, for the sake of argument, that Kavanaugh is completely innocent of the allegations. Certainly, he maintains his innocence, as do most of his conservative allies.

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Joel Mathis, The Week US

Joel Mathis is a freelance writer who has spent nine years as a syndicated columnist, co-writing the RedBlueAmerica column as the liberal half of a point-counterpoint duo. His work also regularly appears in National Geographic, The Kansas City Star and Heatmap News. His awards include best online commentary at the Online News Association and (twice) at the City and Regional Magazine Association.