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On the recordJuly 25, 2018
when President Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to serve on the Supreme Court, I believe he made an excellent choice. Judge Kavanaugh has served on the DC Circuit Court for 12 years. He has distinguished himself as a careful, independent, and very intelligent judge. This was a headline in the Wall Street Journal on July 10, 2018. They took a look at his record, and this is what they predicted: ``Trump's Nominee Will Be an Intellectual Leader On the Bench.'' I had a chance to meet with him today, and that is exactly what I think. I think they got it completely right. The newspaper pointed out that he has written opinions that span nearly every significant constitutional issue. Judge Kavanaugh has such a strong reputation that courts around the country actually have relied on his opinions. When you look at his whole record, he has written about 200 majority opinions for the DC Circuit Court, on which he serves. He has only been reversed one time by the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has actually been much more likely to agree with Judge Kavanaugh. In at least 13 different cases over the dozen years he has served on the DC Circuit Court, they have adopted his legal reasoning in their own Supreme Court rulings. To me, that makes him a mainstream judge. In one case involving the separation of powers, Judge Kavanaugh disagreed with the opinion of two other circuit judges.…
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John Barrasso
Republican · Wyoming
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Jul 25, 2018

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