Washington (CNN) With 20 remaining opinions on the Supreme Court's docket, conservatives will soon learn whether Brett Kavanaugh is the justice they hoped he might be.

After all, Kavanaugh took the seat of Justice Anthony Kennedy, who stymied conservatives at times, siding with the left side of the bench on cases that capture the public's attention such as abortion access, affirmative action and LGBT rights.

Seizing a rare opportunity to solidify a conservative majority for a generation, President Donald Trump chose the relatively young Kavanaugh, convinced that he had what it took after serving in the executive branch, working on independent counsel Ken Starr's investigation of President Bill Clinton and sitting for 12 years on arguably the most powerful appellate court in the land, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.

When his confirmation hearings erupted with allegations of sexual misconduct while a teenager, conservatives stood by him, with then-White House Counsel Don McGahn arriving daily on Capitol Hill to support Kavanaugh, who has vehemently denied the allegations.

Now the President and those who worked to get Kavanaugh on the bench are in suspense, waiting to see if their calculation was correct, and they'll get a sense of how far and how fast the conservative majority will move.

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