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Republicans might have won a majority in the country’s highest court but it has lost legitimacy at a critical moment
The saga of judge Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the supreme court is over, and it is time for the credits to roll. Top billing will go to a Republican president and his allies in the Senate who were willing to allow norms to be steamrollered and justice to be short-changed in the pursuit of a reliable conservative majority on the court. But the greatest cost of all for Republican ambition will be paid by the supreme court in its most precious coin: legitimacy.
The court may soon face cases on matters such as whether a sitting president can be charged with obstruction of justice
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