In September 2018, the F.B.I. was given only a week to investigate allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump's Supreme Court nominee. Many questions remained unanswered, leaving millions of Americans unsettled. Pogrebin and Kelly were inundated with tips from former classmates, friends, and associates that couldn't be fully investigated before the confirmation process closed. Here they pursue lines of inquiry that were left hanging-- questions about our political system and Kavanaugh's unexpectedly emblematic role in it. -- adapted from jacket

Dramatis personae -- Prologue : nostos: homecoming -- Alea iacta est : the die has been cast -- Hoya saxa : what rocks -- Inveniam viam aut faciam : I will find a way or make one -- Lux et veritas : light and truth -- Onus probandi : the burden of proof -- Ambitio : ambition, or courting the vote -- Vides stygiam paludem : you are gazing at the stygian swamp -- Iudicans iudicem : judging the judge -- Innocens : the innocent -- Lege dura vivunt mulieres : women live under a harsh law -- Inde ira et lacrimae : then anger and tears -- Falsus in uno, falsus in omnibus? : false in one thing, false in all things? -- Concordia ordinum : agreement among the ranks -- Confirmatio, sed quis custodiet custodes? : confirmation, but who will watch the watchers? -- Hamartia : missing the mark.