From the chief Washington correspondent for the New York Times, a richly detailed, news-breaking look at the unprecedented political fight over Antonin Scalias Supreme Court vacancy and the seemingly irreversible dysfunction it triggered across all three branches in the nations capital, ultimately delivering us Trump, Gorsuch, and Kavanaugh--updated with a new preface. The embodiment of American conservative thought and jurisprudence, Antonin Scalia cast an expansive shadow over the Supreme Court for three decades. His death at a Texas hunting resort in February 2016 created a dilemma for Republican leadership faced with the prospect of yet another Obama Supreme Court nominee, this time one who could tip the ideological balance of the court and alter the course of American history. In Confirmation Bias, Carl Hulse tells an exclusive account of the rush of events following Scalias death, including Mitch McConnells extraordinary snap decision to deny President Obamas nominee so much as a hearing, let