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Trump picks Kavanaugh for court, setting up ght with Dems
By CATHERINE LUCEY, ZEKE MILLER and MARK SHER- MAN
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- dent Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a politi- cally connected conserva- tive judge, for the Supreme Court Monday, setting up a ferocious con rmation bat- tle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court further to the right.
A favorite of the Republi- can legal establishment in Washington, Kavanaugh, 53, is a former law clerk for retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Like Trump’s rst nominee last year, Justice Neil Gorsuch, Kavanaugh would be a young addition who could help remake the court for decades to come with rulings that could re-
strict abortion, expand gun rights and roll back key parts of Obamacare. “There is no one in America more quali ed for this posi- tion and no one more de- serving,” said Trump, who called Kavanaugh “one of the sharpest legal minds of our time.”
With Kavanaugh, Trump is replacing a swing vote on the nine-member court with a staunch conser- vative. Kavanaugh, who serves on the Court of Ap- peals for the D.C. Circuit, is expected to be less recep- tive to abortion and gay rights than Kennedy was. He also has taken an ex- pansive view of executive power and has favored limits on investigating the president.
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Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee stands in the East Room of the White House, Monday, July 9, 2018, in Washington. Associated Press