Kavanaugh Bats For, Runs With His Clerks

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh invites all former and current clerks to a Washington Nationals game every summer. This makes sense, given that he sees the role of a judge as that of “an umpire,” much like his likely future colleague, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.

President Donald Trump announced July 9 that the D.C. Circuit judge was his pick to succeed Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who will retire at the end of the month.

Kavanaugh is independent and fair-minded and doesn’t approach cases with preconceived ideas, Jennifer Mascott told Bloomberg Law.

Mascott clerked for Kavanaugh from 2006-2007, his ...