What We've Learned from Judicial Confirmation Battles, Part III

The hardest confirmations come when there’s a potential for a big shift -- but the Supreme Court rules on so many controversies that political battles are unavoidable.

Last week, I posted the second in a three-part series on what we’ve learned from Supreme Court nominations and confirmations. This analysis is based on my last book, Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America’s Highest Court. I discussed the debate over the Court’s “legitimacy” in a previous post—that’s what most concerns people …