Brett Kavanaugh nomination might be the calm before the storm

Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to replace retiring “swing vote” Justice Anthony Kennedy, is a sound, safe choice to fill the upcoming Supreme Court vacancy.
Impeccably credentialed, conventionally conservative, and less likely than other shortlisted judges to overturn landmark culture-war case law, Kavanaugh indicates a willingness on Trump’s part to sometimes opt against ratcheting up open political conflict.
Of course, that has not stopped the usual ideologi