Trump names Kavanaugh as nominee for next supreme court justice
US President Donald Trump today nominated conservative Brett Kavanaugh as the Supreme Court Judge to succeed Justice Anthony Kennedy, triggering an epic partisan war over the court’s future as Democrats vowed to oppose his choice. Trump picked Justice Kavanaugh from an original list of 25 judges, which also included prominent Indian-American judge Amul Thapar.Announcing Kavanaugh’s nomination, Trump described the 53-year-old from Maryland, currently a judge in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, as one with “impeccable credentials and one of the finest legal minds of our…
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