Brett Kavanaugh

Extracted Attributes

• Religion

  Irish Catholic

• Education

  Yale University (B.A. 1987), Yale Law School (J.D. 1990)

• Full Name

  Brett Michael Kavanaugh

• Date of Birth

  1965-02-12

• Place of Birth

  Washington, D.C., United States

• Current Position

  Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

• Political Affiliation

  Republican Party

• Previous Judicial Role

  U.S. Circuit Judge for the D.C. Circuit (2006-2018)

Timeline

• Born in Washington, D.C. (Source: Wikidata)

  1965-02-12

• Graduated cum laude from Yale University with a B.A. in history. (Source: Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center)

  1987-05-31

• Graduated from Yale Law School, where he served on the Yale Law Journal. (Source: Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center)

  1990-05-31

• Began serving as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. (Source: Supreme Court History Society)

  1993-10-04

• Principal author of the Starr Report regarding the investigation into President Bill Clinton. (Source: Wikipedia)

  1998-09-01

• Nominated by President George W. Bush to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. (Source: White House Archives)

  2003-07-25

• Confirmed by the Senate to the D.C. Circuit after a three-year delay due to partisanship charges. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2006-05-26

• Nominated by President Donald Trump to the Supreme Court of the United States. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2018-07-09

• Confirmed by the Senate (50-48) and sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. (Source: Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center)

  2018-10-06

• Target of an assassination plot at his home in Maryland. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2022-06-08

• Mentioned in news reports regarding Supreme Court deliberations on state bans for transgender athletes. (Source: Britannica)

  2026-01-13

• Participated in an emotional Fox interview stating 'I'm not going anywhere'. (Source: Britannica)

  2026-01-17

• Authored a dissent in a 6-3 decision striking down executive tariffs, providing a roadmap for the administration to invoke Section 122 of the 1974 Trade Act. (Source: Document 9f332d4d-91f6-4dca-90f4-5110695c9b0c)

  2026-03-01

Brett Kavanaugh

Brett Michael Kavanaugh (; 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 U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. 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. He then attended Yale Law School, after which he began his career as a law clerk working under Judge Ken Starr. 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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in 2003. His confirmation hearings were contentious and stalled for three years over charges of partisanship. Kavanaugh was confirmed to the D.C. Circuit in May 2006. President Trump nominated Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court on July 9, 2018, to fill the position vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy. Before his U.S. Senate confirmation proceedings began, Christine Blasey Ford accused Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in the early 1980s. Three other women also accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, one of whom later recanted her story. None of the accusations were corroborated by eyewitness testimony, and Kavanaugh denied them. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a supplemental hearing over the allegations and voted 11–10 along party lines to advance the confirmation to a full Senate vote. On October 6, the full Senate confirmed Kavanaugh by a vote of 50–48. Since the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020, Kavanaugh has come to be regarded as a swing vote on the Court. He was the target of an assassination plot in June 2022; the suspect had hoped to disrupt the rulings in Dobbs and Bruen.

Web Search Results

• Justice Brett Kavanaugh | Justia U.S. Supreme Court Center

  + Justia Onward Blog # Justice Brett Kavanaugh Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the U.S. Supreme Court on October 6, 2018, replacing Justice Anthony Kennedy. Kavanaugh was born in Washington, D.C. on February 12, 1965. He attended Georgetown Preparatory School, which fellow Justice Neil Gorsuch also attended. Kavanaugh then graduated cum laude from Yale University in 1987, majoring in history. He stayed in New Haven to attend Yale Law School, where he served on the Yale Law Journal. [...] In the wake of the 2000 presidential election, Kavanaugh joined the legal effort to stop the Florida recount and preserve the victory of George W. Bush. He then served in the White House Counsel’s Office and as Staff Secretary during the Bush administration. Bush nominated Kavanaugh to the D.C. Circuit in July 2003. The Senate did not confirm him until May 2006, though. Kavanaugh served on the D.C. Circuit for over a decade before Republican President Donald Trump nominated him to the Supreme Court on July 10, 2018. His confirmation hearings began on September 4 and were especially contentious. The most controversial issue involved allegations of sexual misconduct when he was a teenager. [...] Kavanaugh has been described as the “median Justice” on the Supreme Court. This means that there are four Justices who are more liberal than him and four Justices who are more conservative. However, Kavanaugh is clearly a conservative jurist, so calling him the “median Justice” says less about his views than about the conservative dominance of the current Court. In June 2022, for example, Kavanaugh voted with four other conservative Justices to strike down Roe v. Wade, declining to join Chief Justice Roberts in a more moderate position.

• Brett Kavanaugh | Supreme Court, Biography, Controversy, & Facts

  Supreme Court seems likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes in girls and women's sports • Jan. 13, 2026, 5:16 PM ET (AP) Top Questions Who is Brett Kavanaugh? What is Brett Kavanaugh’s job on the United States Supreme Court? How did Brett Kavanaugh become a Supreme Court justice? What were some key events during Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation process? Brett Kavanaugh (born February 12, 1965, Washington, D.C., U.S.) is an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court who was nominated by Pres. Donald Trump and confirmed in 2018. His confirmation hearings were marked by fierce arguments over allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct. [...] As an appellate court judge, Kavanaugh wrote opinions in high-profile cases concerning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, campaign finance laws, and the president’s authority to protect national security and to oversee administrative agencies. Kavanaugh earned a reputation as a careful, hardworking, and conservative judge. While serving on the D.C. Circuit, he also taught part-time at Yale Law School, the Georgetown University Law Center, and Harvard Law School, where he was first hired by Elena Kagan, then dean of the school and subsequently an associate justice of the Supreme Court. [...] Quick Facts In full: : Brett Michael Kavanaugh Born: : February 12, 1965, Washington, D.C., U.S. (age 61, born on this day) Title / Office: : Supreme Court of the United States (2018-), United States : supreme court (2018-), United States Political Affiliation: : Republican Party Role In: : Bush v. Gore On the Web: : ABC News - 'I'm not going anywhere': Kavanaugh in emotional Fox interview (Jan. 17, 2026) See all related content

• Brett Kavanaugh - Wikipedia

  Kavanaugh was a principal author of the _Starr Report_, released in September 1998, on the Bill Clinton–Monica Lewinskysex scandal; the report argued on broad grounds for Clinton's impeachment.( Kavanaugh had urged Starr to ask Clinton sexually graphic questions,( and described Clinton as being involved in "a conspiracy to obstruct justice", having "disgraced his office" and "lied to the American people".( The report provided extensive and explicit descriptions of each of Clinton's sexual encounters with Lewinsky, a level of detail the authors called "essential" to the case against Clinton.( Image 8 Kavanaugh (blue shirt) with President Bush, Andy Card, and Condoleezza Rice [...] Kavanaugh was born on February 12, 1965, in Washington, D.C.,( the son of Martha Gamble (_née_ Murphy) and Everett Edward Kavanaugh Jr.( He is of Irish Catholic descent on both sides of his family. His paternal great-grandfather immigrated to the United States from Roscommon, Ireland, in the late 19th century,( and his maternal Irish lineage goes back to his great-great-grandparents settling in New Jersey.( Kavanaugh's father was a lawyer and served as the president of the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Fragrance Association for two decades.( His mother was a history teacher at Woodson and McKinley high schools in Washington in the 1960s and 1970s. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from American University in 1978 and served from 1995 to 2001 as a Maryland Circuit Court judge in Montgomery County, [...] as a Maryland Circuit Court judge in Montgomery County, Maryland.(

• Judicial Nominations - Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh - the White House

  Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed on May 26, 2006, as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The DC Circuit hears appeals from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, and reviews the decisions of a number of administrative agencies. Throughout his career as an appellate lawyer, a prosecutor, and an Assistant to the President, Brett Kavanaugh has demonstrated legal excellence and the fair-minded temperament to serve as a federal appellate judge. The American Bar Association (the Democrat's "gold-standard") rated Judge Kavanaugh "Well Qualified" to serve on the DC Circuit. [...] Judge Kavanaugh has impeccable academic credentials. He received his B.A. from Yale College and his law degree from Yale Law School, where he served as Notes Editor of the Yale Law Journal. In addition to devoting most of his career to public service, Judge Kavanaugh has regularly offered his legal expertise and personal time to serving his community. + While in private practice, Judge Kavanaugh took on pro bono matters, including representation of the Adat Shalom congregation in Montgomery County, Maryland against the attempt to stop construction of a synagogue in the county. + Judge Kavanaugh represented, on a pro bono basis, six-year-old Elian Gonzalez after the Immigration and Naturalization Service decided to return him to Cuba. [...] Judge Kavanaugh has an extraordinary range of experience in the public and private sectors that makes him uniquely qualified for the D.C. Circuit. He has dedicated the majority of his 15 years of practice to public service.

• The Supreme Court: Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh

  was a partner at a Washington, D.C., law firm from 1997 to 1998 and again from 1999 to 2001. From 2001 to 2003, he was Associate Counsel and then Senior Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush. From 2003 to 2006, he was Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary for President Bush. He was appointed a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 2006. President Donald J. Trump nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat on October 6, 2018. [...] BRETT M. KAVANAUGH, was born in Washington, D.C., on February 12, 1965. He married Ashley Estes in 2004, and they have two daughters – Margaret and Liza. He received a B.A. from Yale College in 1987 and a J.D. from Yale Law School in 1990. He served as a law clerk for Judge Walter Stapleton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1990-1991, for Judge Alex Kozinski of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1991-1992, and for Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the U.S. Supreme Court during the 1993 Term. In 1992-1993, he was an attorney in the Office of the Solicitor General of the United States. From 1994 to 1997 and for a period in 1998, he was Associate Counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel. He was a partner at a Washington, D.C., law firm from 1997 to

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• Gender

  male

• Educated At

  Georgetown Preparatory School

• Instance Of

  Q5

• Occupation

  judge

• Citizenship

  United States

• Date Of Birth

  2/12/1965

• Place Of Birth

  Washington, D.C.