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July 30, 2018, 12:38 PM UTC

Kavanaugh Sided With Trump Casino in 2012 to Thwart Union Drive

Josh Eidelson
Josh Eidelson
Bloomberg News

Six years before President Donald Trump nominated him for the Supreme Court, Judge Brett Kavanaugh sided with Trump Entertainment Resorts’ successful effort to thwart a unionization drive at one of its casinos.

Kavanaugh was one of three Republican-appointed judges who in 2012 voted unanimously to set aside an order by the National Labor Relations Board that would have required the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, to bargain with the United Auto Workers.

Brett Kavanaugh
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg

The casino has since shut down. But labor advocates point to the case—as well as ones where he backed management at Sheldon ...

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