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Also known as Brett Michael Kavanaugh, Brett M. Kavanaugh, Justice Kavanaugh

U.S. Supreme Court justice since 2018 (born 1965)

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Gender
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Origin
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Quotes

  • There is one kind of judge. There is an independent judge under our Constitution. And the fact that they may have been a Republican or Democrat or an independent in a past life is completely irrelevant to how they conduct themselves as judges. And I think two centuries of experience has shown us that that ideal which the Founders established can be realized and has been realized and will continue to be realized.
  • People sometimes ask what prior legal experience has been most useful for me as a judge. And I say, “I certainly draw on all of them,” but I also say that my five-and-a-half years at the White House and especially my three years as staff secretary for President George W. Bush were the most interesting and informative for me.
  • Yes, we drank beer, my friends and I, boys and girls. Yes, we drank beer. I liked beer, still like beer. We drank beer. The drinking age, as I noted, so the seniors were legal. Senior year in high school, people were legal to drink. And we—yes, we drank beer. And I said sometimes—sometimes probably had too many beers, and sometimes other people had too many beers. We drank beer. We liked beer.
  • Gay and lesbian Americans cannot be treated as social outcasts or as inferior in dignity and worth.

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Key facts

Appointed by
Donald Trump
Preceded by
Anthony Kennedy
Succeeded by
Neomi Rao
President
George W. Bush
Born
Brett Michael Kavanaugh , ( 1965-02-12 ) February 12, 1965 (age 61) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
Party
Republican
Spouse
Ashley Estes ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 2004 ) ​
Education
Yale University ( BA , JD )

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Encyclopedic overview

Brett Michael Kavanaugh (/ˈkævənɔː/; born February 12, 1965) 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.

Kavanaugh studied history at Yale University, where he joined the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. After graduating from Yale Law School, he served as a law clerk for Judge Ken Starr of the D.C. Circuit. After Starr left the D.C. Circuit to become the head of the Office of Independent Counsel, Kavanaugh assisted him with investigations concerning President Bill Clinton, including drafting the Starr Report recommending Clinton's impeachment. He joined the Bush administration as White House staff secretary and was a central figure in its efforts to identify and confirm judicial nominees. Bush nominated Kavanaugh to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2003. His confirmation hearings were contentious and stalled for three years over charges of partisanship. Kavanaugh was confirmed to the District of Columbia Circuit in May 2006.

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