Episode 6: SCOTUS, Kavanaugh, and the Jews

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Jul 12, 201818:19News & Politics

On Monday, July 9, 2018, President Trump announced his selection of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to succeed retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. Judge Kavanaugh is known as a constitutional originalist, and many Jewi...

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