Fallout from Kavanaugh confirmation felt in Washington one year later

It’s been a full year since Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the Supreme Court but the fallout from that day — and the acrimonious weeks preceding the vote — looms large over Washington.

Senators who voted for him are finding themselves in some of the toughest reelection campaigns of their careers. Activists, seeing a raft of anti-abortion laws weaving their way through the courts, worry how Kavanaugh’s presence will swing the Supreme Court’s view of Roe v. Wade.

Democrats, perhaps even more than before, fear losing a progressive justice on the bench before regaining control of the White House.

View the complete October 6 article by Rebecca Klar on The Hill website here.