Russian asset Donald Trump was going out on absolutely no limbs in nominating Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court to fill the seat being vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy. For one thing, Kavanaugh did him a real solid six years ago when he helped Trump keep workers at one of his casinos from joining a union.
Kavanaugh was one of three Republican-appointed judges on a D.C. Circuit panel who voted unanimously in 2012 to set aside an order from the National Labor Relations Board to force bargaining between Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City and the United Auto Workers.
In 2007, workers at the casino voted in favor of joining the UAW, 324 to 149. But because the UAW and supportive federal and state lawmakers had held a media event before the vote, the Trump Plaza asked the NLRB to throw out the election. They argued the event had been tainted by the media attention and that the appearance of elected officials "could make workers think the labor board wanted them to unionize."
The dispute eventually reached the D.C. Circuit, and there Kavanaugh did what Kavanaugh would do on the Supreme Court—help Trump out and screw working people. "Kavanaugh, along with Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch—and Roberts along for the ride—will comprise the most radical, anti-labor-law Supreme Court in my lifetime," said University of Wyoming law professor Michael Duff, who served as an attorney for the NLRB.
Not that there was any question of that. But what else is Kavanaugh going to be willing to help Trump out on? Like avoiding an investigation into conspiracy with a foreign adversary to throw a presidential election? With his track record, Kavanaugh is just the man for that job.