Supreme Court Experts Discuss Kavanaugh, RBG, Gerrymandering & Lack of Women SCOTUS Advocates

Tony Mauro started covering the Supreme Court of the United States as a journalist 40 years ago when the third branch of government was a sleepy, nearly-forgotten stepchild of the executive and legislative arms. The justices were eight older white men and Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American justice. Remnants of the Warren Court were still everywhere.

The justices back then seldom gave interviews or made public speeches. Supreme Court appointments were maybe a question or two in presidential debates. In fact, more than a decade passed in the mid-1990s and 2000s with no personnel changes among the nine.