As governor of a state which sent six electoral votes to President Trump, I am excited that he continues to deliver on his promise to nominate jurists of impeccable quality to the Supreme Court. Because he has kept that promise to Kansas and the rest of the country, I was proud to join with 31 other governors to pen a letter encouraging the Senate to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh as associate justice of the Supreme Court.

As someone who, like most Americans, has grown tired of activist judges writing the law rather than interpreting it, I could not be more thrilled that Trump selected Kavanaugh for this important position. Throughout his judicial career, Kavanaugh has shown a commitment to interpret the Constitution as written. He knows that the role of the court is to interpret the law, not to create it. These are vital qualities in a Supreme Court justice.