Justice Kavanaugh taps the brakes on Supreme Court’s sharp move to the right
The crucial battles these days within the Supreme Court are among its six conservatives, not between them and the three liberals.
And the outcome in close cases now turns most often on one justice: Brett M. Kavanaugh.
Five years after he survived a bruising Senate confirmation, Kavanaugh has left little doubt about his conservative credentials, joining the 6-3 majority to roll back abortion…