Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh shares one important view with President Trump: Both are deeply suspicious of any attempt to limit the president’s power over executive branch officials.
That view could have important consequences for special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Russian interference in the 2016 election, which includes allegations of collusion and possible obstruction of justice.
Among the most important — and in many legal corners, revered — Supreme Court decisions of modern times is the 1974 Nixon tapes case, U.S. v. Nixon. Kavanaugh has at times questioned the correctness of the decision, while at other times praised it.
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