The internal White House debate over who should replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court reflects the broader political split within the Republican Party — and the mistrust that is nursed by outside-the-Beltway social conservatives about the more establishment and business-oriented wing of the party.
So it is perhaps no surprise that a quintessentially Washingtonian fight has erupted between the supporters of the two leading candidates for the Supreme Court nomination, Judge Brett Kavanaugh and Judge Amy Coney Barrett.
While Barrett’s supporters portray Kavanaugh as insufficiently conservative, Kavanaugh’s supporters portray Barrett as insufficiently experienced — a judge whose conservative credentials are not yet clear in her opinions.
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