Trump Names Brett Kavanaugh For Supreme Court

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🗓️ 10 July 2018

⏱️ 18 minutes

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President Trump announced his choice to nominate Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court to fill the vacancy left by retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. If confirmed, Kavanaugh would solidify the court's conservative majority. This episode: political reporter Asma Khalid, Congressional reporter Kelsey Snell and national political correspondent Mara Liasson. Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org. Find and support your local public radio station at npr.org/stations.

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Claire George Drumheller.
0:02.6	You are listening to the NPR Politics Podcast,
0:05.6	which was recorded at...
0:07.0	951 PM on Monday, July 9th.
0:10.1	Keep in mind things may have changed by the time you hear this.
0:13.4	Okay, here's the show.
0:15.5	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.
0:21.2	It is my honor and privilege to announce that I will nominate
0:25.1	Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.
0:30.7	We're here to give you the bio-unit,
0:33.1	who is Brett Kavanaugh and why did President Trump select him for the Supreme Court?
0:37.2	I'm Asma Khaled, political reporter.
0:39.1	I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.
0:42.0	And I'm Kelsey Snell and I cover Congress.
0:43.9	All right, well, there was a lot of build-up to the announcement tonight.
0:47.0	I felt kind of like watching a reality TV show.
0:49.8	The President didn't even come on stage with him,
0:52.1	I mean, announced him after.
0:53.5	Exactly, and he came out and made this prime time announcement Monday night,
0:57.8	where he finally did introduce his nominee for the Supreme Court.
1:01.2	The rule of law is our nation's proud heritage.
1:05.6	It is the cornerstone of our freedom.
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