Trans Atlantic Trial Balloon - Ford v Kavanaugh: an American horror story in the age of #metoo
In the inaugural trial episode for the Trans Atlantic podcast Stephen delves into the recent controversy regarding the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the United States court. Looking initially at the impact of the nomination he then looks at some of the larger issues regarding the Supreme Court and where we go from here.
Show notes
“Why Republicans are fighting so hard for Brett Kavanaugh” by Paul Waldman for The American Prospect / Posted: September 23, 2018
http://prospect.org/article/why-republicans-are-fighting-so-hard-brett-kavanaug
2. “What it feels like to be the third party spoiler in the close Arizona Senate race” by Eric Lach for The New Yorker / Posted: November 8, 2018
3. “Was the Kavanaugh Hearing the Worst Supreme Court Fight?” by Julia Jacobs for The New York Times / Posted: October 7, 2018 https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/us/politics/supreme-court-nominees-robert-bork.html
4. “Where now for the supreme court as Kavanaugh fulfils the conservative dream?” by David Smith and Stephanie Kirchgaessner for The Guardian / Posted: October 11, 2018://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/oct/11/where-now-for-the-supreme-court-as-kavanaugh-fulfils-conservative-dream
5. “Rigging the vote: how the American right is on the way to permanent minority rule” by Ian Samuel for The Guardian / Posted: November 4, 2018
6. “Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation isn't democracy. It's a judicial coup” by Richard Woffe for The Guardian / Posted: October 6, 2018
7. “The Strangest Thing About Trump’s Approach to Presidential Power” by David Graham for The Atlantic / Posted: June 7, 2018
8. “What the Kavanaugh scandal says about America” with Mehdi Hasan for The Intercept / Broadcast: September 27, 2018
https://theintercept.com/2018/09/26/what-this-kavanaugh-scandal-says-about-america/
9. “How to fix the Supreme Court: Weaken It” by Lawrence Goldstone for The New Republic / Posted October 16, 2018
https://newrepublic.com/article/151728/fix-supreme-court-weaken
10. “Why are Republicans ramming Brett Kavanaugh on to the supreme court?” by David Smith for The Guardian / Posted September 29, 2018
11. “A Non-scandalous, Non-ideological Case Against Brett Kavanaugh” by Conor Friedersdorf for The Atlantic / Posted September 27, 2018
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/kavanaugh-supreme-court/571462/
12. “The other problem with Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination: Privilege” by John Cassidy for The New Yorker / Posted September 21, 2018
13. “Pigs all the way down” by Michelle Goldberg for The New York Times / Posted September 28, 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/opinion/columnists/kavanaugh-georgetown-supreme-court.html
14. “Kavanaugh is becoming a headache the GOP could live without” by Eric Levitz for Intelligencer / Posted September 2018, 2018
15. “Conquerors of the Courts” by David Montgomery for The Washington Post Magazine / Posted January 2, 2019
16. “The 'carpool dad', the 'frat boy' and the #MeToo culture war” by Sabrina Siddiqui for The Guardian / Posted September 26, 2018