Constitutional scholar and University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Professor Mark Graber is available for phone interviews beginning at 1:30 pm ET regarding the announcement of Brett Kavanaugh as the next Supreme Court nominee.

Professor Graber is recognized as one of the leading scholars in the country on constitutional law and politics. He is the author of A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism, from Oxford University Press, and co-editor (with Keith Whittington and Howard Gillman) ofAmerican Constitutionalism: Structures and Powers and American Constitutionalism: Rights and Powers, both also from Oxford University Press. He is also the author of Forged in Failure, a book that examine how much constitutional change in the United States has been caused by the failure of constitutional practices to function as expected

Please see a blog about the pick posted today by Professor Graber: Brett Kavanaugh's Cliches.

BLOG EXCERPT:

"Donald Trump and Brett Kavanaugh offered the American people two clichés when describing how Supreme Court justices should decide cases.The first is that they must interpret the Constitution as written.The second is that they should use common sense. One problem is that in many important cases the two conflict.The more serious problem is that when the two conflict, Kavanaugh always selects the option that promotes Republican policies and politics."