Brett Kavanaugh lists his favorite Federalist Papers

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday ran through a list of his favorite Federalist Papers, the essays written in 1788 by some the nation’s Founding Fathers in a bid to ratify the Constitution.

“I like a lot of Federalist Papers,” Kavanaugh said after Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, asked him which his favorites were. “Federalist 78, of course, the independent judiciary, the role of the judiciary. Federalist 69, which says the presidency is not a monarchy, it’s very important when [Alexander] Hamilton explains all the ways in which the presidency is not a monarchy in our constitutional system. I think that’s very important.”