Atlantic reporter McKay Coppins joins the show to chat about his latest profile of Brett Kavanaugh, which tracks the Supreme Court justice’s journey from his contentious 2018 Senate confirmation hearings to the bench. After what David calls a “frank exchange of ideas” about the piece, our hosts give us their take on a federal judge’s decision to dismiss the National Rifle Association’s bankruptcy case, the Facebook Oversight Board’s decision to uphold the platform’s ban on Donald Trump, and lower level judicial confirmation hearings.

Show Notes:

-Coppins’ Atlantic profile of Brett Kavanaugh

-Coppins’ Atlantic piece on stockpiling food

-David’s National Review piece on the Kavanaugh allegations

-David’s Time piece on the Facebook Oversight Board

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