President Trump kept another promise when he nominated Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to fill the Supreme Court seat being vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy. Trump’s supporters will appreciate that Kavanaugh’s name was on a list of candidates from which he pledged to draw his nominees.

Kavanaugh has a reputation for being an “originalist” and “textualist” when it comes to interpreting the Constitution and statutes. This might seem like the obvious way for members of the Supreme Court to conduct themselves. It should be, but has not been that way for awhile.

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