memeorandum: Brett Kavanaugh Is Trump's Pick for Supreme Court (New York Times)

11:40 PM ET, July 9, 2018

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Akhil Reed Amar / New York Times:

A Liberal's Case for Brett Kavanaugh — The nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to be the next Supreme Court justice is President Trump's finest hour, his classiest move. Last week the president promised to select “someone with impeccable credentials, great intellect, unbiased judgment …

Discussion: The Daily Beast and Lawyers, Guns & Money

New York Times:

Brett Kavanaugh Is Trump's Pick for Supreme Court — WASHINGTON — President Trump on Monday is to nominate Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh, a politically connected member of Washington's conservative legal establishment, to fill Justice Anthony M. Kennedy's seat on the Supreme Court …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, CNN, The Moderate Voice, Vox, The Atlantic, Politico, Talking Points Memo, Los Angeles Times, Bustle and Joe.My.God.

HuffPost:

Who Is Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's Nominee To The Supreme Court? — His involvement in partisan battles and views on strong presidential power will likely be the focus of his confirmation hearings. — President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court.

Discussion: Shareblue Media, Mother Jones, Vox, Refinery29 and Law & Crime

The Daily Beast:

Trump Picks Kavanaugh for Supreme Court, Capping Theatrics That Would ‘Make P. T. Barnum Proud’ … President Donald Trump nominated federal appeals court judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court on Monday evening, capping a day of reality TV-esque drama in which he managed to keep the decision …

Discussion: Politico

Ezra Klein / Vox:

The Supreme Court vs. democracy — Even those most invested in the Court's grandeur are finding it hard to defend its reality. — Tonight, at 9 pm Eastern, President Donald Trump will announce his pick to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.

Discussion: Bustle, The Daily Caller, SCOTUSblog, twitchy.com, Take Care Blog, Associated Press, Washington Times, electionlawblog.org and BostonGlobe.com

Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:

Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's Supreme Court pick, has sided with broad views of presidential powers — Brett M. Kavanaugh, the federal appellate judge nominated by President Trump on Monday to the Supreme Court, has endorsed robust views of the powers of the president, consistently siding …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, CNN, ABC News, Breitbart, NPR, twitchy.com, Washington Free Beacon and The Daily Beast

Ed Whelan / National Review:

Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh — Congratulations to President Trump on his decision to nominate D.C. Circuit judge Brett M. Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. I very much look forward to Justice Kavanaugh. — Judge Kavanaugh, 53 years old, has compiled an outstanding record during his twelve years …

Discussion: Vox, Power Line, The Daily Caller, Hit & Run and Patterico's Pontifications

Sen. Bob Casey:
Casey: Trump Supreme Court Pick Represents a Corrupt Bargain and I Will Oppose It

Discussion: ABC News, HuffPost and Washington Free Beacon

Wall Street Journal: A Legal Star on the Right

Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Brett Kavanaugh, a Conservative Stalwart in Political Fights and on the Bench

Discussion: BuzzFeed and HuffPost

Pete Williams / NBC News:
Trump taps federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court

Discussion: The Daily Beast and Political Wire

Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Born inside Beltway, Kavanaugh part of GOP legal elite

Discussion: Politico, Wall Street Journal and BuzzFeed

Yale Law School: Brett Kavanaugh '90 Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court

Bloomberg:
Trump Picks Brett Kavanaugh for U.S. Supreme Court

Discussion: The Atlantic, National Review, Washington Post, Reuters and SCOTUSblog

Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Narrows Supreme Court Field as Advice Pours In

Discussion: Splinter, Politico, AOL, Detroit Free Press, Above the Law, Lawyers, Guns & Money, TheStreet, Vox, Political Wire and Wall Street Journal

Politico:
Republicans brace for brutal Supreme Court fight

Discussion: ABC News, Axios and Breitbart

Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Be Smart About Trump's Supreme Court Pick

Discussion: Hit & Run, The Daily Beast and Common Dreams

Eric Bradner / CNN: GOP Senate candidate Kevin Cramer: I told Trump to avoid ‘affirmative action pick’ for Supreme Court

Samuel Chamberlain / Fox News:
Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court

Discussion: RedState, Vox and thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

Michael Graham / CBS News:
Commentary: Don't destroy the Supreme Court to save it from Trump

Discussion: The Daily Signal, CBS New York and Bustle

Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:

After Moscow Trip, Ron Johnson Says Election Meddling Overblown — One of the Republican senators back from a trip to Moscow is suggesting that Congress went too far in punishing Russia for meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. — “I've been pretty upfront that the election interference …

Discussion: Daily Wire, Law & Crime, MSNBC and Washington Examiner

Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:

Trump Poised to Enter NATO Meeting as Wild Card Among Allies — WASHINGTON — As he heads into this week's North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit meeting, President Trump is widely seen as a wild card among allies who are seeking to show solidarity against Russian threats …

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Post, Pew Research Center, Axios, Washington Press, USA Today, Bustle, Mediaite, Outside the Beltway, Raw Story, Breitbart and RT

Emily Tamkin / BuzzFeed:
US Republican Delegation Met With Sanctioned Russians In Moscow

Discussion: Political Wire

Bryan Lowry / Kansas City Star:
Sen. Moran pushes back on criticism of Russia visit: ‘None of the meetings were easy’

Discussion: Raw Story

Josh Gerstein / Politico:

Judge rejects Trump request to alter agreement on release of immigrant kids — A federal judge has turned down President Donald Trump's request to alter a decades-old legal settlement to allow long-term detention of children who entered the U.S. illegally with their parents.

Discussion: Axios, Breitbart and Law & Crime

New York Times:
Federal Judge Rules that Trump Administration Cannot Hold Migrant Families in Long-Term Detention

Discussion: Political Wire and Bustle

Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Judge extends deadline as U.S. struggles to reunify migrant families

Discussion: New York Daily News, Splinter, VICE News, Axios and AOL

Laura Jarrett / CNN: Federal judge rejects Trump administration's bid to alter rules on detaining minors

Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:

New York Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet: Yes, We Did Too Many Alan Dershowitz Stories … Even publicity-savvy, Alan Dershowitz is astonished at the flood-the-zone coverage that The New York Times has been devoting to his social sufferings on Martha's Vineyard.

Discussion: Splinter, Mediaite, Hullabaloo, Salon, Washington Times and New York Times, more at Mediagazer »

BuzzFeed:

Pregnant Women Say They Are Being Mistreated In Immigration Detention, Despite The Administration's Claims — Pregnant women in immigration detention under the Trump administration say they have been denied medical care, shackled around the stomach, and abused. — Reporting From Washington, DC

Discussion: Washington Press, Hill Reporter, Law & Crime and Raw Story

Sage Lazzaro / Refinery29:

Feminist Apparel CEO Fires Entire Staff After They Learn He's An Admitted Sexual Abuser — The employees of the popular clothing company Feminist Apparel thought they were creating tools for the resistance. The online store's viral shirts and accessories — which feature sayings like …

Washington Post:

‘Viciousness’: Trump aides endure public fury toward president's policies — Just after arriving in Washington to work for President Trump, Kellyanne Conway found herself in a downtown supermarket, where a man rushing by with his shopping cart sneered, “You ought to be ashamed of yourself!

Justin Wise / The Hill:
Bartender cursed at Stephen Miller as he picked up takeout sushi: Washington Post

Discussion: Washington Press, Breitbart, Raw Story, Townhall, AOL, The Daily Caller and Hullabaloo

Adiel Kaplan / miamiherald:

Miami grandma targeted as U.S. takes aim at naturalized immigrants with prior offenses — The United States government has long reserved its power to revoke citizenship for the rarest of cases, going after the likes of war criminals, child rapists and terrorist funders. — Norma Borgono is none of those.

Discussion: Law & Crime

Christie Smythe / Bloomberg:

Trump's Personal Driver for 25 Years Sues for Unpaid Overtime — Noel Cintron says he's owed 3,300 hours in back pay for years — Wage bump in 2010 came with a catch, loss of health insurance — Donald Trump's personal driver for more than 25 years says the billionaire real estate developer …

Discussion: New York Post, The Hill, New York Daily News, Joe.My.God., HuffPost, Bustle, Shareblue Media, The Atlantic, Splinter, Axios, Law & Crime, Towleroad, Hill Reporter, TMZ.com, Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos

BuzzFeed:

Some Members Of Trump's Exclusive Clubs Appear To Have Been Invited To An Air Force One Tour — The invitations would raise more questions about the overlap between Trump's administration and his family's private businesses. — Reporting From Washington, DC

Discussion: New Republic, Shareblue Media, Daily Kos, Vox, Mediaite and ThinkProgress

Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:

Nancy Pelosi: 'They Come After Me Because I'm Effective' — The House Minority Leader on the midterms, impeachment, her own party, sexism and the sexist-in-chief — As the countdown to November commences, with Democrats desperate for a moonshot, Nancy Pelosi sits atop a three-stage rocket, full of possibility and danger.

Discussion: IJR, Politico, RT, Breitbart, Mediaite, Townhall, Washington Free Beacon, NewsWars, Front Page Magazine, The Daily Caller and New York Times

Aris Folley / The Hill:

GOP lawmaker rejects racism charge: ‘My son is named after a black guy’ — (R-Va.), who is campaigning for reelection in November, said Democrats are “stupid” if they believe he is an ally of Virginia GOP Senate candidate Corey Stewart. — “I don't give a shit about Corey Stewart,” Taylor told The Virginia-Pilot.

Discussion: The Root, Raw Story, Shareblue Media and The Daily Caller

Jane Coaston / Vox:
Nazis and white supremacists are running as Republicans across the country. The GOP is terrified.

Discussion: Washington Monthly

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Trump's delusions are about to blow up in his own voters' faces — THE MORNING PLUM: — With the exception of the big, beautiful wall that is already being built on the southern border (in President Trump's mind, anyway), the issue that taps most directly into the most visceral strains …

Discussion: New York Times, CNN, Wall Street Journal, Hullabaloo, HuffPost, Breitbart, The Mahablog and Daily Kos

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa / NBC News:

Carlos Ramirez-Rosa Democrats ignore the left at their peril. Midwesterners aren't scared of socialism — they're hungry for it. — Some members of the Democratic establishment argue that bold, left-wing platforms can't win elections. They're wrong. — In a recent interview on CNN …

David Weigel / Washington Post:

In Wisconsin, a Democratic star finds himself in a primary brawl — LAKE GENEVA, Wis. — On Friday, CNN reported that Randy Bryce, the Democratic union organizer running for Congress in Wisconsin's 1st District, had been arrested for marijuana possession in 1991 and driving under the influence of alcohol in 1998.