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What Brett Kavanaugh's Past Says About The Possible Future Of The Supreme Court

President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Brett Kavanaugh, speaks as he officiates at the swearing-in of Judge Britt Grant to take a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at the U.S. District Courthouse in Washington. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

With Meghna Chakrabarti

What kind of Supreme Court justice could Brett Kavanaugh be? We’ll look deeply into cases he’s already ruled on to see where he stands on executive power, abortion and national security.

Guests

David Savage, Supreme Court correspondent for the Los Angeles Times. (@DavidGSavage)

, retired Massachusetts federal judge, senior lecturer on law at)

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