James's Reviews > Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Supreme Court

It would be nice to live in a society where the events described in this book were merely the imaginings of an overwrought conspiracy theorist. Sadly, they’re not.

Rather than rehash the shameful details set out in this book, I’ll say it’s well researched and provides a good history of the politicization of the Supreme Court nomination process, going back even before the shameful Bork and Thomas hearings. (I’m using the word “shameful” a great deal. It’s the best word for the job.)

This is a book review, not a political blog, so I’ll refrain from going into my personal thoughts on the whole Kavanaugh matter, except for the following:

- The kindest assessment I can make regarding Christine Ford is that perhaps she’s mentally ill and really believes her allegations, à la celebrity stalkers who believe themselves to be in special relationships with the objects of their obsession.

- Ford’s testimony was completely unbelievable and her demeanor confirmed my disbelief. She was lying.

- The words “credible” and “compelling” are meaningless to me now.

- Not a single Democratic senator behaved honorably and I cannot even consider voting for any of them for president.

- Almost all of the news media have abandoned any pretense of journalistic ethics and standards. Only a very few outlets retained my respect.

I listened to the audio version of the book, read by the authors. It was cathartic.