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Brett Kavanaugh
Brett Michael Kavanaugh is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by President Donald Trump on July 9, 2018, and has served since October 6, 2018. He was previously a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2006 to 2018.
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2026· 9 entries
“No president has ever consulted more widely or talked with more people from more backgrounds to seek input about a Supreme Court nomination.”
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Slate Magazine: Brett Kavanaugh Opened the Door for Trump’s Latest Supreme Court Defiance
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AlterNet: How Brett Kavanaugh paved the way for Trump’s brazen Supreme Court defiance
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The Guardian: Brett Kavanaugh has become Trump’s chief enabler on the supreme court | Sidney Blumenthal
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Public attention spiked: 5,899 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.5× the usual 1,069, with 2 article edits. Editors noted: Fondness for beer HTTP to HTTPS for Wayback Machine, replaced: http://web.archive.org/ → https://web.archive.org/
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Public attention spiked: 7,424 Wikipedia readers in one day, 6.9× the usual 1,069, with 0 article edits.
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The Guardian: Sonia Sotomayor apologizes to Brett Kavanaugh in US supreme court justice spat
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The Guardian: Epstein sympathized with Kavanaugh during supreme court confirmation, emails show
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2025· 6 entries
The Guardian: Woman who tried to kill Brett Kavanaugh jailed for eight years
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United States district judge Deborah Boardman sentenced Roske to 97 months in prison and a lifetime of supervised release
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The ACLU sued the Trump administration in federal court over the ongoing ICE raids in Los Angeles
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The Guardian: Man pleads guilty to trying to kill Brett Kavanaugh at judge’s home
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Roske pleaded guilty to attempted murder of a United States Supreme Court justice
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“s similar encounter with Kavanaugh, which she describes in the film. As of May 2025, the film has yet to be scheduled for a wide release. Fondness for beer During his hearings, Kavanaugh declared his fondness for beer several times.”
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: The FBI conducted a sham investigation into Brett Kavanaugh. Surprised? | Moira Donegan
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The Guardian: Trump administration protected Brett Kavanaugh from full FBI investigation
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2023· 1 entry
Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion in Reed v
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2022· 2 entries
26-year-old Nicholas John Roske traveled from California to Kavanaugh's home in Maryland with plans to break into his home, murder Kavanaugh, and die by suicide
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Kavanaugh's home was the site of protests following the leak of a draft majority opinion for the Supreme Court case Dobbs v
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2021· 2 entries
AP News rated the claim “Photo shows Democratic protesters storming the U.S. Capitol during the confirmation of then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in 2018.” False.
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Kavanaugh joined the majority opinion in Fulton v
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2020· 2 entries
Striking down Louisiana's requirement for abortion providers to hold hospital admitting privileges
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Kavanaugh has come to be regarded as a swing vote on the Court
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2019· 3 entries
Snopes rated the claim “Samantha Davis, a former staff assistant to Sen. Maggie Hassan, pleaded guilty to crimes related to the hacking of government computers and the release of GOP senators’ addresses during Brett Kavanaugh’s final U.S. Supreme Court confirmation hearing.” True.
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Kavanaugh joined Roberts and the Court's four liberal justices in a 6–3 decision blocking the execution of a man with an intellectual disability in Texas
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Was part of the majority in a 5–4 decision rejecting a Muslim prisoner's request to delay his execution in order to have an imam present
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2018· 22 entries
FactCheck.org rated the claim “"The accuser of Brett Kavanaugh ... the accuser admitted she never met him, she never saw him, he never touched her, talked to her, he had nothing to do with her, she made up the story."” Not About Ford.
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FactCheck.org rated the claim “President Trump "was stating facts that Dr. [Christine Blasey] Ford, herself, laid out in her testimony" at Judge Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing.” False.
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The White House announced that it had found no corroboration of Ford's allegation after reviewing the FBI's latest probe into Kavanaugh's past
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Left-wing protesters vandalized the home of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “After an off-duty police officer shot Brian Hundley, a jury found the officer had acted negligently and lied about the event, but Judge Brett Kavanaugh overturned the finding.” Mixture.
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Snopes rated the claim “Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick has a restraining order against her from an ex-boyfriend.” Mixture.
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That he represented a woman who had "credible information" about Kavanaugh and Judge
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Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer of The New Yorker published an article with another sexual assault allegation against Kavanaugh
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The Guardian reported that two Yale professors had advised female law students at Yale that their physical appearance and femininity could play a role in securing a clerkship with Kavanaugh
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FactCheck.org rated the claim ““Judge Kavanaugh has written opinions skeptical of our health care law, reproductive rights, and even the contraception coverage requirement.”” We Review His Record.
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Kavanaugh held to his earlier stated position that he would not express an opinion on matters that might come before the Court
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Ford wrote to Senator Dianne Feinstein to inform her of her accusation against Kavanaugh, requesting that it be kept confidential
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s opinion that a president "may decline to enforce a statute . . . when the president deems the statute unconstitutional" is "contrary to 200 years of Supreme Court precedent."” Mostly False.
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The Washington Post rated the claim ““Kavanaugh, who could be presiding over a case should the Pres be indicted, thinks that the Pres can’t stand trial. Trump has nominated a get-out-of-jail free card.”” Two Pinocchios.
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PolitiFact rated the claim ““A woman’s right to make her own health care decisions is at risk” with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.” Far from clear.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Says Brett Kavanaugh "has said the president shouldn't be investigated."” Half True.
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To fill the position vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy
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Kavanaugh was one of four United States Court of Appeals judges to receive a personal 45-minute interview by President Donald Trump as a potential replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy
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Career landmark: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (2018).
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In a follow-up petition from the Solicitor General of the United States, the United States Supreme Court vacated the en banc District of Columbia Circuit's judgment and the girl's claim was ultimately dismissed as moot a
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When Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court by Trump, whose 2016 presidential campaign was at the time the subject of a federal probe by Special Counsel Robert Mueller
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Kavanaugh's reported salary was $220,600 as a federal judge and $27,000 as a lecturer at Harvard Law School
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2017· 1 entry
“s 2017 exposure as an alleged prolific sexual harasser was a surprising”
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2016· 1 entry
Stephen Breyer would have become the median swing vote when Kennedy retired
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2015· 1 entry
Kavanaugh found that those directly regulated by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) could challenge the constitutionality of its design
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2014· 2 entries
Concurred in the judgment when the en banc circuit found that Ali al-Bahlul could be retroactively convicted of war crimes, provided the existing statute already made it a crime "because it does not alter the definiti
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Kavanaugh concurred in the judgment when the en banc District of Columbia Circuit found that the Free Speech Clause did not forbid the government from requiring meatpackers to include a country of origin label on their p
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2013· 1 entry
Kavanaugh issued an extraordinary writ of mandamus requiring the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to process the license application of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, over the dissent of Judge Merrick Garland
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2011· 1 entry
And on Constitutional Interpretation at Georgetown University Law Center in 2007
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2009· 1 entry
Kavanaugh wrote an article for the Minnesota Law Review in which he argued that Congress should exempt United States presidents from civil lawsuits while in office because, among other things, such lawsuits could be "tim
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2008· 1 entry
Kavanaugh was hired as a visiting professor by Elena Kagan, then the dean of Harvard Law School
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2006· 2 entries
And he was confirmed by the Senate on May 26 by a vote of 57–36
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Career landmark: Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (2006–2018).
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2003· 3 entries
But his nomination stalled in the Senate for nearly three years
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The American Bar Association had rated Kavanaugh "well qualified" (its highest category), but after doing dozens more interviews in 2006, downgraded him to "qualified"
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“I am not sure that all legal scholars refer to [Roe v. Wade] as the settled law of the land at the Supreme Court level since Court can always overrule its precedent, and three current justices on the Court would do so.”
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2002· 1 entry
Kavanaugh had told other White House lawyers that he believed Supreme Court justice Anthony Kennedy would not approve of denying legal counsel to prisoners detained as enemy combatants
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2000· 1 entry
Was pro bono counsel of record for relatives of Elián González, a six-year-old rescued Cuban boy
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1998· 1 entry
“s office, Kavanaugh asked the Court to disregard attorney–client privilege in relation to the investigation of Foster”
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1990· 1 entry
Studied at Yale Law School, Juris Doctor (1990).
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1987· 2 entries
Studied at Yale College, Bachelor of Arts (1987).
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With a Bachelor of Arts cum laude in history
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1983· 2 entries
Kavanaugh went to Yale University, as had his paternal grandfather
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“This alleged event from 35 years ago did not happen.”
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1978· 1 entry
And served from 1995 to 2001 as a Maryland Circuit Court judge in Montgomery County, Maryland
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1965· 1 entry
Born 1965-02-12.
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1878· 1 entry
And his maternal great-great-grandfather Michael Murphy and his wife emigrated from Ireland to New Jersey
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