Brett Kavanaugh Has Refused to Run Interference for Trump in Three Key Early Rulings. Why?

On Friday afternoon, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to halt a trial over the Trump administration's attempt to sabotage the 2020 census by adding a citizenship question. This decision did not sit well with the court's far-right flank. Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas, who previously signaled their disapproval of the trial, registered their dissent. So did Justice Samuel Alito. But one justice conspicuously declined to join this troika: Brett Kavanaugh. The newest member of the court had...