NEW: Behind closed doors, Justice Kavanaugh looks to please dueling factions of the court as he seeks to move beyond the angry and defiant image he projected in 2018, @JoanBiskupic reports https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-abortion-trump-documents/index.html
On the Trump financial records, Kavanaugh suggested that certain disputes are more properly worked out between the political branches rather than by judges and left to the usual back-and-forth of the WH and Congress to figure out, @JoanBiskupic reports https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-abortion-trump-documents/index.html
Had Kavanaugh prevailed and the high court were to declare the House subpoenas beyond the reach of judges, there would arguably be no way for Trump to prevent his financial institutions from providing his records to House investigators. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-abortion-trump-documents/index.html
Kavanaugh wanted the justices to sidestep a ruling on a Louisiana abortion law, @JoanBiskupic reports. The plan would have ensured the law would not go into immediate effect but also that the justices would not have to put their own views on the line. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-abortion-trump-documents/index.html