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12:35 AM ET, July 10, 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: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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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 …
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 and ABC News
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.
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.
Sen. Bob Casey:
Casey: Trump Supreme Court Pick Represents a Corrupt Bargain and I Will Oppose It  —  Washington, D.C. - Ahead of President Trump's announcement concerning his nominee to fill the vacancy on the United States Supreme Court, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) released the following statement:
Pete Williams / NBC News:
Trump taps federal appeals court Judge Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court
Discussion: The Daily Beast and Political Wire
Wall Street Journal:
A Legal Star on the Right
Discussion: Bloomberg
Yale Law School:   Brett Kavanaugh '90 Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court
Jay Michaelson / The Daily Beast:
Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's Supreme Court Pick, Is Probably the End of Abortion Rights and Same-Sex Marriage
Discussion: The Atlantic and SCOTUSblog
Michael Graham / CBS News:
Commentary: Don't destroy the Supreme Court to save it from Trump
Politico:
Republicans brace for brutal Supreme Court fight
Eric Bradner / CNN:   GOP Senate candidate Kevin Cramer: I told Trump to avoid ‘affirmative action pick’ for Supreme Court
Noah Feldman / Bloomberg:
Be Smart About Trump's Supreme Court Pick
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 and MSNBC
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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 …
Emily Tamkin / BuzzFeed:   US Republican Delegation Met With Sanctioned Russians In Moscow
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.
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New York Times:
Judge Rejects Long Detentions of Migrant Families, Dealing Trump Another Setback
Discussion: Political Wire and Bustle
Laura Jarrett / CNN:   Federal judge rejects Trump administration's bid to alter rules on detaining minors
Zoe Tillman / BuzzFeed:   A Judge Won't Change A Settlement That Restricts How Long The Trump Administration Can Hold Kids …
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.
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
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!
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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 …
Adia Robinson / ABC News:
Trump slams media for breastfeeding opposition article  —  President Donald Trump Monday slammed a New York Times article about U.S. opposition to a World Health Assembly resolution encouraging breastfeeding.  —  Calling the story “fake news,” he tweeted, “The U.S. strongly supports breast feeding …
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.
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.
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 …
BBC:
Boris Johnson quits to add to pressure on May over Brexit  —  Boris Johnson has resigned as Foreign Secretary amid a growing political crisis over the UK's Brexit strategy.  —  He is the second senior cabinet minister to quit within hours following Brexit Secretary David Davis's exit.
 
 
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
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