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On the recordJuly 18, 2018
last week, President Trump nominated Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. People have begun looking over his extensive record, and he has been getting rave reviews around the country. Just look at a few of the headlines we have seen across the country. The New York Times, July 10: ``A conservative stalwart wins praise for his intellect and civility.'' The New York Times--it is astonishing. The Wall Street Journal said: ``Trump's nominee will be an intellectual leader on the bench.'' The Detroit News said his record suggests that ``he will maintain a commitment to interpreting the law as it is written, and not how he may wish it had been crafted.'' That is exactly what Americans should be looking for in a Supreme Court Justice because a judge's job is to apply the law, not to rewrite it. People looking at Judge Kavanaugh's record and reaching the conclusion that he knows the right way to approach this very important job. It is not just newspapers that are saying wonderful things and singing the praise of Judge Kavanaugh; legal scholars are lining up to commend his independence and his wisdom as a judge. Some of them are extremely liberal people he has worked with over the years. They just respect him that much as a judge who they find has been devoted to the law and the Constitution. Imagine that. That is what we should expect in anybody who serves as a Justice on the Supreme Court.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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Jul 18, 2018

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