"One of the things that I think that women are responding to in this current political moment is both a realization of past wrongs and the real threat of a loss of status," says Shana Gadarian, associate professor of political science.

Tom Keck, professor of political science and Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics, says the nomination of Kavanaugh is part of a "generation-long effort to stack the Supreme Court." 

Michael Barkun, professor emeritus of political science, notes that Russell Walker’s website contains "statements that are pure [Christian] Identity." "Generally speaking, people in Christian Identity have contempt for existing political institutions," he says.