Dissent - How the Radical Right Silenced Its Victims and Stole the Supreme Court

An award-winning investigative journalist presents an account of the life and confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, featuring interviews with his accusers and evidence of his deceptions amongst the Republican Party's drive toward the far right.

About the author

Jackie Calmes has been a journalist in Washington for nearly four decades. She is a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, based in Washington and writing on national politics and issues. She was a White House correspondent for the New York Times during the Obama administration as well as a national politics reporter and chief economic correspondent. During eighteen years at the Wall Street Journal, she covered Congress and the White House and ultimately became the chief political correspondent. She first worked in Washington as a reporter for Congressional Quarterly. A native of Ohio, she began her career in Texas, where she covered state government and politics from Austin for the Dallas Morning News and, before that, for the Harte-Hanks newspaper chain.

Summary

Featuring new interviews with his accusers and overlooked evidence of his deceptions, a deeply reported account of the life and confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, set against the conservative movement's capture of the courts.

Foreword

Featuring new interviews with his accusers and overlooked evidence of his deceptions, a deeply reported account of the life and confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, set against the conservative movement's capture of the courts.

Product details

• Authors: Jackie Calmes, JACKIE CALMES
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.2021
• EAN: 9781538700792
• ISBN: 978-1-5387-0079-2
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 234 mm x 44 mm
• Weight: 720 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, LAW / Government / Federal, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Judicial Branch, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Conservatism & right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Right-of-centre democratic ideologies, Legal systems: judicial powers, Judicial powers, Legal systems: judges and judicial powers