Kavanaugh was not on the Federalists's initial list, by the way. Apparently Don McGahn and others helped convince Trump that they needed someone more political, more openly partisan and willing to fight.
That whole travesty we went through was Trump's fault. Just keep that in mind.
Link: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/brett-kavanaugh-lies_us_5bb26190e4b027da00d61fcd