Article snippet: The TAKE with Rick Klein President Donald Trump is less into flipping scripts than he is rewriting them altogether. But the plot surrounding his golden opportunity to remake the Supreme Court is playing out according to Trump's directions, as his self-imposed Monday deadline for making a selection to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy approaches. Generating a public list of potential justices already looks like a masterstroke. It has managed to assuage conservative concerns while quieting liberal arguments by giving the impression that his finalists have already been vetted. For now, the battles are being waged primarily on the right. Judge Brett Kavanaugh's defense by Bush-era Republicans is almost certainly hurting him in Trump's mind. Judge Amy Coney Barrett, meanwhile, has age, gender, and a previous appointment by Trump – followed by Senate confirmation – on her side. Barrett has already drawn fire from the left, amid concerns by abortion-rights groups that she would be likely to overturn Roe v. Wade. But that's still a fight for later - one the president seems inclined to calculate that he can afford. The RUNDOWN with MaryAlice Parks The timing was cheap. The Department of Justice announced it was rescinding two dozen regulation and guideline documents, primarily focused on protecting minority groups, on the afternoon before a holiday, arguably admitting the optics were not good. The decision to scrap policies centered around affirmative ac... Link to the full article to read more