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How Democrats Can Fight Brett Kavanaugh
They may not stop his confirmation. But they should explain the stakes.
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Brett Kavanaugh, who is President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, has an unusually partisan background.
Kavanaugh, an appeals court judge who was nominated to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, worked for five years in the White House of President George W. Bush — two in the White House counsel’s office and three as Bush’s staff secretary controlling the flow of paperwork to and from the president. (Democrats are pressing for release of Kavanaugh’s White House documents. Republicans are resisting.)