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Interruptions at Supreme Court confirmation hearings have been rising since the 1980s

  • Written by Paul M. Collins, Jr., Professor and Director of Legal Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Judge Brett Kavanaugh appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 27.Saul Loeb/Pool Image via AP

Depending on who you ask, the American people saw very different things in the riveting testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

To some, Kavanaugh’s behavior was the self-indulgent...

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