Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh for Supreme Court.

Kavanaugh is a conservative who has pledged to interpret law as written. His record shows reason for concern. AP Photograph

Donald Trump has nominated Brett Kavanaugh, 53, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, to succeed Anthony Kennedy on the Supreme Court.

Trump made the announcement from the White House East Room shortly after 9 p.m. Eastern. He praised Kavanaugh as someone with…