Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein Just like that, the politics of a smooth-sailing Supreme Court nomination have turned upside down. The initial fallout from the public allegation from way back in Brett Kavanaugh’s past has been to retreat to partisan corners – and attack from there. Democrats maintain that the Senate Judiciary Committee shouldn’t vote until the FBI investigates and Christine Blasey Ford is heard from publicly. Republicans are saying Democrats held this all back to sow chaos, and the White House is standing behind Kavanaugh's denial. What happens next will test a political system that's still adjusting to realities of the #MeToo era, now with an added dose of worry about a midterm election that's 50 days away. It's highly likely that the truth of this episode will never be known. The fate of the Kavanaugh nomination – with all the repercussions that it carries – is likely to depend on judgment calls by a small handful of senators on who they believe. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks Make no mistake, the stakes are extremely high, too. Should Judge Kavanaugh be confirmed, his conservative opinions could remake the court at a time when states and the country as a whole are doing a lot of reconstructing. Forget actually overturning the landmark women’s health case, Roe v. Wade, which made abortion legal nationwide, Kavanaugh could be the deciding swing vote judging the constitutionality of a number of state laws that aim to restrict whe... Link to the full article to read more