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Six years ago, Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh was one of three judges who voted unanimously to set aside an NLRB order that would have required the Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City to bargain with the UAW. Kavanaugh is due to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy when he retires this Tuesday July 31st. Many critics point to his decision in that case, along with similarly anti-worker rulings including a case where he backed management at Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Venetian hotel at Sea World after an employee was killed by an orca, as reasons to be concerned about Kavanaugh’s upcoming seat on the Supreme Court. Former NLRB chair Wilma Liebman says that Kavanaugh’s track record suggests that he is disinclined to grant traditional deference to agencies like the labor board.