Partisanship and the high court: Can Kavanaugh overcome the hearings?

Brett Kavanaugh looks poised to become the newest justice on the United States Supreme Court on Saturday.

Senators spent the past two days taking turns in a room in a sub-basement on Capitol Hill to review the findings of an FBI investigation into multiple sexual assault allegations against Judge Kavanaugh. With Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine throwing her support behind Kavanaugh Friday afternoon, the most bitter and partisan confirmation fight of modern times looks like it will reach its conclusion with Saturday afternoon’s vote.

If confirmed, there are widespread concerns that the attacks Kavanaugh both received and delivered over the past month could resonate long into the future.

For his sympathizers, his fiery statements last week were an isolated and commensurate defense against career-threatening allegations.

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