- Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s life seems carefully constructed to become a Supreme Court justice.
- He checks all the boxes of the ways of Washington, or at least the way Washington used to be.
- Amateur athlete, doer of Catholic good works, basketball-coaching dad, Yale degrees, progression from lawyer to White House aide to federal judge — it’s all there in a rarefied life of talent and privilege, though strikingly not one of great personal wealth.
- The highly anticipated Senate hearing for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee begins Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Brett Kavanaugh‘s life seems as carefully constructed as the Supreme Court arguments he will hear if he is confirmed to the high court. He checks all the boxes of the ways of Washington, or at least the way Washington used to be.
He’s a team player — the conservative team — stepping up to make a play at key moments in politics, government and the law dating to the Bill Clinton era and the salacious dramas of that time.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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