- A Supreme Court nominee should be fair, independent and committed to protecting the rights, freedoms and legal safeguards that protect every one of us. President Trump’s nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh does not meet this standard. Kavanaugh’s record raises serious concerns about where he stands on gutting healthcare and ripping away protections for people with preexisting conditions. He has a history of putting corporations over workers, supporting vouchers and school choice and believing that the president is above the law. In a statement, AFT President Randi Weingarten voiced the AFT’s opposition: “His rulings raise very serious concerns about where he stands on key issues like employees’ right to organize, workplace discrimination, voting rights, marriage equality, access to reproductive healthcare and corporate responsibility. Equally important, Judge Kavanaugh has written that a president should not be subject to subpoena or indictment, writings that, given the current Mueller investigation, should have been disqualifying. This willingness to allow this president to operate above the law and the eagerness to overturn well-established precedent are an affront to mainstream democratic values.”