From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero, and this is Heritage Explains.

It's been announced that Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination hearings will begin on September 4th.

President Trump's pick to be the next Supreme Court justice will get his Senate confirmation

hearing next month.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has set a date for the confirmation hearings of President

Trump's Supreme Court nominee.

Hearings for Brett Kavanaugh will begin on September 4th and are expected to last several

days.

It's a process the Trump administration has said it wants wrapped up before November's midterm elections.

I announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on Judge Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court starting on September 4.

When the day comes, Kavanaugh will answer question after question

about his past as a judge, his legal philosophies,

and his views on the Constitution.

These questions and his answers will guide the mainstream media

as they paint Kavanaugh as a good or a bad judge,

and most Americans will believe them.

But did you know that a survey by Annenberg Constitution Day Civics in 2017

found that 37% of Americans can't name any rights protected by the First Amendment?

Only 26% can name all three branches of government.

33% can't name any branch of government at all.

A 2016 survey by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni

found that 32% can't identify the Supreme Court as a part of the judicial

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