Abstract
ObjectiveWe analyze public views of the Supreme Court following the confirmation hearings of Brett M. Kavanaugh.MethodsWe distributed an online survey days after the Senate confirmed Kavanaugh's appointment.ResultsSupreme Court legitimacy was weak following the hearings and perceptions of legitimacy varied based on partisanship, gender, and race. However, legitimacy was not strongly related to support for Kavanaugh. Furthermore, respondents consistently ranked political characteristics as the least important attributes of a nominee. Still, those satisfied with the Senate confirmation process ranked political attributes as more important.ConclusionOur findings portend some challenges for the Court in the wake of the Kavanaugh confirmation. At the same time, Supreme Court legitimacy was only weakly tied to Kavanaugh, and legal qualities and moral character were more important to the public than a nominee's political attributes.
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