TRANS ATLANTIC 1 - 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.

Podcast Notes

http://prospect.org/article/why-republicans-are-fighting-so-hard-brett-kavanaugh

https://www.newyorker.com/news/current/what-it-feels-like-to-be-called-the-third-party-spoiler-in-the-close-arizona-senate-race

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/us/politics/supreme-court-nominees-robert-bork.html

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2018/oct/11/where-now-for-the-supreme-court-as-kavanaugh-fulfils-conservative-dream

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/06/senators-representing-less-than-half-us-are-about-confirm-nominee-opposed-by-most-americans/?utm_term=.3589ebfe3b30

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/04/america-minority-rule-voter-suppression-gerrymandering-supreme-court

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/06/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-supreme-court-republicans

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/06/the-strangest-thing-about-trumps-approach-to-presidential-power/562271/

https://theintercept.com/2018/09/26/what-this-kavanaugh-scandal-says-about-america/

https://newrepublic.com/article/151728/fix-supreme-court-weaken

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/29/republicans-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-dr-christine-blasey-ford

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/09/kavanaugh-supreme-court/571462/

https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/how-brett-kavanaughs-hobbled-nomination-puts-american-privilege-on-trial

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/opinion/columnists/kavanaugh-georgetown-supreme-court.html

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/09/brett-kavanaugh-allegation-hearing-republicans-supreme-court-arent-ditching-for-now.html?gtm=top>m=top

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2019/01/02/feature/conquerors-of-the-courts/?utm_term=.e720a3337a15

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/25/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-nominee-sexual-assault-metoo