The specter of Brett Kavanaugh looms large

[View in browser]( [Mother Jones Daily Newsletter]( March 21, 2022 Ketanji Brown Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court is nothing short of historic. And as my colleague Stephanie Mencimer wrote in a curtain-raiser for this week's confirmation hearings, Republicans have [very little to attack]( in Jackson's record and have therefore resorted to launching a deeply hypocritical campaign. But on Monday, another tactic emerged: relentlessly complaining about Brett Kavanaugh. Yep, lingering complaints about the Kavanaugh hearings were everywhere. As I [wrote in my dispatch](, Republican senators kept bringing him up to contrast their conduct with their Democratic colleagues'. But this belies one critical point. Unlike Trump's second nominee to the Supreme Court, Jackson has never been accused of sexual assault. Does it really serve Republicans to keep reminding the public of this distinction? It was all pretty absurd. But we shouldn't really be surprised that Republicans are spending the historic nomination of the first Black woman to the high court by obsessing over a white man, huh. —Inae Oh Advertisement [The Puzzle of Religion]( [Top Story] [Top Story]( [With Little to Attack SCOTUS Nominee, Republicans Are Going Full Hypocrisy]( Dark-money groups criticizing dark money, and a new appreciation for Justice Breyer. BY STEPHANIE MENCIMER [Trending] [Republicans spent Ketanji Brown Jackson's hearing obsessing over a white man]( BY INAE OH [The ex-Kremlin deputy who openly opposed the war in a Mother Jones exclusive has been forced to resign]( BY DANIEL KING [Medical debts have counted against 43 million Americans’ credit scores. That is finally about to change.]( BY HANNAH LEVINTOVA [How war in the world's breadbasket "changes everything"]( BY TOM PHILPOTT Advertisement [The Puzzle of Religion]( [Special Feature] [Special Feature]( [A visual diary: What it was like to see the exodus from Ukraine up close]( I ask you to try to imagine that you have suddenly lost all and that you are leaving behind your husbands, brothers, and fathers, not knowing when or if you will see them again. This is what we are looking at. BY PETER TURNLEY [Fiercely Independent] Support from readers allows Mother Jones to do journalism that doesn't just follow the pack. [Donate]( Did you enjoy this newsletter? Help us out by [forwarding]( it to a friend or sharing it on [Facebook]( and [Twitter](. [Mother Jones]( [Donate]( [Subscribe]( This message was sent to {EMAIL}. To change the messages you receive from us, you can [edit your email preferences]( or [unsubscribe from all mailings.]( For advertising opportunities see our online [media kit.]( Were you forwarded this email? [Sign up for Mother Jones' newsletters today.]( [www.MotherJones.com]( PO Box 8539, Big Sandy, TX 75755