My Take

Thea Riofrancos wrote a piece (hyperlink) for In These Times on November 19th that provides a perfect lead-in to what I want to address today. Here's what she had to say about what the nomination and confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court demonstrated: Kavanaugh was granted a lifetime appointment to a deeply undemocratic institution. He was confirmed by a legislative body that counts some votes more than others, giving the loudest voice (per capita) to the most sparsely populated states. The Senate’s majority vote represented a minority of Americans (44 percent). And Kavanaugh was selected by a president [...]