"With a depth of research and a palpable love of politics, Jackie Calmes tells the story of the GOP's journey to power and the reckoning the party now faces as it struggles to contain the forces it unleashed. DISSENT is a brilliant look at the players who drive the system, unspooling through a Supreme Court confirmation fight that will resonate for decades." (Helene Cooper, New York Times best-selling author of The House at Sugar Beach and Madame President)

"The steady rise and tumultuous confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh — and with that, conservative command of the Supreme Court — reflects the transformation of the GOP, decades in the making and still underway. Clear-eyed and tough-minded, drawing on 40 years as a journalist and more than 200 interviews, Jackie Calmes takes us behind the scenes to see how it happened, and to understand the repercussions that will reverberate for years ahead. Dissent is engaging, insightful and, at times, alarming." (Susan Page, New York Times best-selling author of The Matriarch)

"Jackie Calmes - one of the most insightful journalists in Washington, or anywhere else - brings fresh behind-the-scenes reporting and crackling narrative to the story of how the decades-long conservative project to remake the judiciary collided with the #MeToo movement. The bruising battle over Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination exposed the fragility of our institutions and our political system, and neither has yet to recover." (Karen Tumulty, Washington Post political columnist)