Before becoming President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh revealed his thoughts about what makes a great judge in a 2016 letter recommending Justice Britt Grant for the Georgia Supreme Court.

Grant clerked for Kavanaugh at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. The two also worked together in President George W. Bush’s White House. And they both practiced at  Kirkland & Ellis in Washington.