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Readers reflect angrily on the divisive confirmation process, and what it says about America today.

After the fight over the confirmation of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, liberals are discussing ways to undo the conservative bloc’s power.

President Trump exalted Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh in Topeka, Kan., on Saturday, the day of his confirmation to the Supreme Court, and attacked Democrats.

While some have bemoaned recent cutthroat politics in the Senate, history shows many failed or hard-fought nominations back to the 1700s.

“There’s nobody with a squeaky clean past like Brett Kavanaugh,” Mr. Trump told reporters, dismissing allegations of sexual assault and misconduct against the judge.

Over repeated interruptions by protesters in the gallery, the Senate on Saturday voted 50 to 48 to confirm Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh as the next…

Judge Kavanaugh’s angry Senate testimony, urged by the White House counsel, Don McGahn, turned the tables and emboldened demoralized Republicans.

We are eager to understand how women are viewing this moment.

After a highly contentious nomination process, senators deliver the final vote on the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

As the senators entered their final hours of debate, hundreds of protesters were massed on the steps of the Supreme Court and later the Capitol.