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Brett M. Kavanaugh

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 2006–2018

Brett M. Kavanaugh , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate voted 57–36 on the nomination on May 26, 2006 (Nomination Confirmed). 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.

Senate votes
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Positions

  • Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States2018-10-06

Senate confirmation votes

  • United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit
    109th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    57–36 · May 26, 2006
  • an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
    115th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    50–48 · Oct 6, 2018

Education

  • Yale CollegeB.A., 1987
  • Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1990

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Walter K. Stapleton, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1990-1991; Law clerk, Hon. Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1991-1992; Attorney, Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 1992-1993; Law clerk, Hon. Anthony M. Kennedy, Supreme Court of the United States, 1993-1994; Associate independent counsel, Whitewater investigation, 1994-1997, 1998; Private practice, 1997-1998, 1999-2001; Associate counsel, President George W. Bush, 2001-2003; senior associate counsel, 2003; Assistant to the president and staff secretary, President George W. Bush, 2003-2006

Biography

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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