So here's a weird thing: that viral video of the judicial nominee bombing at his hearing? Some legal experts actually came down on his side. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/15/us/politics/matthew-petersen-senator-kennedy.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fjonah-engel-bromwich&action=click&contentCollection=undefined®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection&referer=https://www.nytimes.com/by/jonah-engel-bromwich …