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b"Democrats, abortion rights activists, environmentalists and civil libertarians are beginning to marshal their forces in opposition to Donald Trump's pick of Judge Brett Kavanaugh of the U.S. District Court of Appeals in DC to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy on the U.S. Supreme Court.\\xa0 But it will be an uphill fight against unapologetic Republicans, who blocked President Obama's nominee for the court for nearly a year and enjoy the slimmest of majorities in the U.S. Senate. Slate's great legal reporter Mark Joseph Stern joins us to look at the legal history and political background of Judge Kavanaugh, who uses cookie-cutter legal phrases crafted by the right-wing Federalist Society and Heritage Foundation to betray his years of dedication in service to GOP politics rather than to individual civil liberties or the Constitution. If Democrats are unable to block Kavanaugh's confirmation to what will become a very hard right-wing Court, reproductive rights and abortion are not the only hard-won rights likely to be imperiled -- key environmental rulings are likely to be overturned, as well as those regarding voting rights, privacy rights, and many others. There is only one thin thread of potentially encouraging news, regarding Kavanaugh's written statements on whether a sitting President may be indicted. Plus Desi Doyen has the latest 'Green News Report' and much more, including response from major environmental groups on Trump's SCOTUS pick, and new warnings that recent record-smashing heatwaves seen around are set to become much worse, very soon, unless governments act swiftly on climate change..."