Trump picks Kavanaugh, a GOP favorite, for Supreme Court

By Chatherine Lucey, Zeke Miller andMark Sherman
Wire Service Correspondents
 
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump chose Brett Kavanaugh, a solidly conservative, politically connected judge, for the Supreme Court, setting up a ferocious confirmation battle with Democrats as he seeks to shift the nation’s highest court ever further to the right.
A favorite of the Republican legal establishment in Washington, Kavanaugh, 53, is a former law clerk for retiring Justice Anthony K