Trump announces Brett M. Kavanaugh as his Supreme Court Justice nominee
By Zhang Mengxu
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Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh smiles next to U.S. President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., July 9, 2018. (Photo: VCG)

Washington (People's Daily)-Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump has nom­i­nated Brett Ka­vanaugh to fill the new­est va­cancy on the U.S. Supreme Court, choos­ing a con­ser­v­a­tive fig­ure who, if con­firmed, could push a di­vided court to the right af­ter years of see­saw rul­ings.

Brett Kavanaugh, 53, was confirmed to his position on the Court of Appeals for DC on May 26, 2006, about 12 years ago. The 53-year-old worked in the administration of each President Bush and also for independent counsel Kenneth Starr in the investigation that eventually led to the impeachment of President Bill Clinton.

The re­vamped court, whose term be­gins in Oc­to­ber, could take a fresh look at some of the most po­lar­iz­ing dis­putes of mod­ern Amer­i­can life, in­clud­ing abor­tion, af­fir­ma­tive ac­tion, and the lim­its of ex­ec­u­tive power wielded by Mr. Trump and his suc­ces­sors.