It's Wrong to Assume Kavanaugh Would a Be Partisan Justice

As I write this, it remains unclear whether Brett Kavanaugh will be confirmed to the Supreme Court.

But the reaction to the Kavanaugh nomination demonstrates one reason why the Court needs more justices with Kavanaugh's philosophy, even if you think Kavanaugh himself should not be on the Court.

Words such as tribalism, identity politics, and populism get thrown around a lot these days, including by me. (I recently published a book with those terms in the subtitle.) Definitions vary, but for practical purposes they're all simply different words for the same thing.