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Brett M. Kavanaugh
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Background
Brett M. Kavanaugh has served as an Associate Justice since October 2018. He previously served for 12 years as a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and before that served as White House Staff Secretary and Associate Counsel to President George W. Bush and as an associate counsel in the Office of Independent Counsel. He is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, and clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Notable opinions (OT2023-OT2025)
| West Virginia v. B.P.J. States may bar transgender girls from girls' school sports teams without violating equal protection or Title IX. source |
| National Republican Senatorial Committee v. FEC FECA's limits on political parties' coordinated expenditures with candidates violate the First Amendment. source |
| Kennedy v. Braidwood Management The ACA's preventive-services task force is constitutional; members are inferior officers properly appointed. source |
| FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine Anti-abortion challengers lacked standing to contest FDA's mifepristone rules; access preserved. source |
Selected notable opinions from the three most recent completed Supreme Court terms. Roles, dates, and vote splits are taken from the linked sources; summaries describe what each opinion held, not the underlying facts.
Money and finances
Disclosure asset range
$15,000 to $65,000 .
Disclosure asset ranges, not true net worth; disclosures exclude personal residences and retirement accounts.
Latest statements
Family
- Martha Kavanaugh (mother)
- Ashley Estes Kavanaugh (spouse)