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Appointed

Brett Kavanaugh

Supreme Court Justice

U.S. Supreme Court

Joined the courtOct 6, 20188 years
Appointed byDonald TrumpLife tenure
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8Years on the court
61Age

The Bench

John RobertsChief Justice · since 2005Clarence ThomasJustice · since 1991Samuel AlitoJustice · since 2006Sonia SotomayorJustice · since 2009Elena KaganJustice · since 2010Neil GorsuchJustice · since 2017Amy Coney BarrettJustice · since 2020Ketanji Brown JacksonJustice · since 2022

About

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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Judicial Record

67Cases OT2025
96%In the Majority
3Dissents
7Majority Opinions

12 opinions written this term, counting concurrences and dissents

Recent decisions

Sided with, OT2025

Positions as recorded by The Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al., 2026 Release 01). “Sided with” counts cases where both justices took part; concurring counts with the majority.

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