13. Eli Yokley, “America’s Most and Least Popular Senators,” Morning Consult, January 10, 2019, https://morningconsult.com/2019/01/10/americas-most-and-least-popular-senators-q4-2018/.
14. Jennifer Bendery, “Group to Run Ads Urging University to Cancel Brett Kavanaugh’s Teaching Gig,” HuffPost, April 12, 2019, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-mason-university-brett-kavanaugh_n_5cae552ee4b0308735d48efd.
15. Cady Lang, “Here’s Why This Witch Is Preparing for Midterm Election by Hosting a Hex on Brett Kavanaugh,” Time, November 2, 2018, http://time.com/5442528/brett-kavanaugh-hex/.
16. Anne E. Marimow and Robert Barnes, “Judiciary dismisses ‘serious’ misconduct complaints against Brett M. Kavanaugh,” Washington Post, December 18, 2019, https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/judiciary-dismisses-serious-misconduct-complaints-against-brett-m-kavanaugh/2018/12/18/f55416b0-0301-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html.
17. Marcia Coyle, “New Dismissal of Kavanaugh Ethics Claims Divides 10th Circuit Panel,” March 15, 2019, https://www.law.com/2019/03/15/new-dismissal-of-kavanaugh-ethics-claims-divides-10th-circuit-panel/.
18. Legal scholars differ on whether impeachment is available for pre-confirmation actions. See, e.g., Elizabeth B. Bazan, “Impeachment: An Overview of Constitutional Provisions, Procedures, and Practice,” Congressional Research Service, December 9, 2010, https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/98-186.pdf. David Rivkin and Lee Casey argue that it is not available in Kavanaugh’s case. David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey, “Democrats Abandon the Constitution,” Wall Street Journal, October 15, 2018, https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-abandon-the-constitution-1539645364.
19. Elie Mystal, “The Time Has Come for Democrats to Impeach Brett Kavanaugh,” The Nation, March 20, 2019, https://www.thenation.com/article/impeach-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court/.
20. Mark A. Perry, “The Brett Kavanaugh I know,” Spokesman Review, October 6, 2018, http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2018/oct/06/mark-a-perry-the-brett-kavanaugh-i-know/.
21. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, directed by John Ford (1962; Thousand Oaks, CA, Paramount Studios).
22. Akhil Reed Amar, “A Liberal’s Case for Brett Kavanaugh,” New York Times, July 9, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/09/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-trump.html; “Testimony of Akhil Reed Amar,” United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, September 7, 2018, https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/amar-testimony.
23. Jordan Weissmann, “The Liberal Case for Kavanaugh Is Complete Crap,” Slate, July 10, 2018, https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/07/the-liberal-case-for-brett-kavanaugh-is-complete-garbage.html; Jay Willis, “The ‘Liberal Case’ for Brett Kavanaugh is a Bunch of Horseshit,” GQ, July 10, 2018, https://www.gq.com/story/liberal-case-for-brett-kavanaugh-lol; Eleanor Marie Lawrence Brown, “Elite law professors are brushing politics aside to support fellow elite Brett Kavanaugh. That’s inexcusable in the Trump era,” Vox, July 25, 2018, https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2018/7/25/17609844/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-yale-law-school-elites-supreme-court-amar.
24. Akhil Amar, “AMAR: Second thoughts on Kavanaugh,” Yale News, September 24, 2018, https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/09/24/amar-second-thoughts-on-kavanaugh/; Akhil Amar, “AMAR: Third Thoughts on Kavanaugh,” Yale News, October 10, 2018, https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2018/10/10/amar-third-thoughts-on-kavanaugh/.
25. Matt Byrne, “Maine woman charged with mailing threat, powder to Sen. Collins,” Press Herald, April 8, 2018, https://www.pressherald.com/2019/04/08/burlington-woman-charged-with-mailing-threat-powder-to-susan-collins/.
26. Kate Conger and Sheera Frenkel, “At Facebook, Workers Cite Intolerance By Liberals,” New York Times, August 28, 2018, B1.
27. Mike Isaac, “Rifts Break Open at Facebook Over Kavanaugh Hearing,” New York Times, October 4, 2018, A19.
28. Ibid.
29. Donie O’Sullivan, ‘Emotional’ Facebook staff meeting addresses exec who supported Kavanaugh,” CNN Business, October 5, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/05/tech/facebook-joel-kaplan-backlash/index.html.
30. Tasha Cole, Facebook, September 25, 2018, https://www.facebook.com/TashaCole17/posts/1985438491479549.
31. At the time of publication she had only lost two cases; one was still pending.
32. Lisa Blatt, “I’m a Liberal Feminist Lawyer. Here’s Why Democrats Should Support Judge Kavanaugh,” Politico, August 2, 2018, https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/02/im-a-liberal-feminist-heres-why-i-support-judge-kavanaugh-219081.
33. Amanda Terkel, “ ‘Liberal Feminist Lawyer’ Stands to Gain From Her Public Advocacy For Brett Kavanaugh,” HuffPost, August 31, 2018, https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/lisa-blatt-brett-kavanvaugh_us_5b885424e4b0511db3d64064.
34. Mark Joseph Stern, “Why Is Lisa Blatt Endorsing Brett Kavanaugh?” Slate, September 4, 2018, https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/why-is-lisa-blatt-endorsing-brett-kavanaugh.html.
35. “Confirmation Hearing On The Nomination of Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch To Be An Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States,” Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate, (U.S GPO: Washington D.C., 2018), https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-115shrg28638/pdf/CHRG-115shrg28638.pdf