Brett Kavanaugh
US Supreme Court justice since 2018
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| 2023 | Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion in Reed v. Goertz, ruling that Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed could seek DNA testing on evidence in his case despite the state's statute of limitations on such testing. |
| 2023 | Kavanaugh wrote the opinion of the court in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, ruling that the plaintiffs could not sue to prevent the FDA's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone without demonstrating personal harm caused by the drug's availability. |
| 2023 | Doug Liman's documentary 'Justice' recounts the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, featuring testimonies from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez, and includes a never-before-heard audio recording of Max Stier corroborating allegations against Kavanaugh. |
| 2023 | Kavanaugh wrote the majority opinion in Reed v. Goertz, ruling that Texas death row inmate Rodney Reed could seek DNA testing on evidence in his case despite the state's statute of limitations on such testing. |
| 2023 | Kavanaugh wrote the opinion of the court in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, ruling that the plaintiffs could not sue to prevent the FDA's approval of the abortion pill mifepristone without demonstrating personal harm caused by the drug's availability. |
| 2023 | Doug Liman's documentary 'Justice' recounts the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, featuring testimonies from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Deborah Ramirez, and includes a never-before-heard audio recording of Max Stier corroborating allegations against Kavanaugh. |
| 2022 | Kavanaugh's home was the site of protests following the leak of a draft majority opinion for the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. |
| 2022 | Kavanaugh's home was the site of protests following the leak of a draft majority opinion for the Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. |
| June 2022 | Kavanaugh voted with four other justices to completely overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. |
| June 2022 | Kavanaugh was the target of an assassination plot, as the suspect hoped to disrupt the rulings in Dobbs and Bruen. |
| June 2022 | Kavanaugh voted with four other justices to completely overturn Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. |
| June 2022 | Kavanaugh was the target of an assassination plot, as the suspect hoped to disrupt the rulings in Dobbs and Bruen. |
| June 8 2022 | Nicholas John Roske traveled from California to Brett Kavanaugh's home in Maryland with plans to murder Kavanaugh. After seeing U.S. marshals outside the residence, he turned himself in to police, expressing his dissatisfaction with a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion and the potential loosening of gun control laws. |
| June 8 2022 | Nicholas John Roske traveled from California to Brett Kavanaugh's home in Maryland with plans to murder Kavanaugh. After seeing U.S. marshals outside the residence, he turned himself in to police, expressing his dissatisfaction with a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion and the potential loosening of gun control laws. |
| January 2022 | Kavanaugh voted with the majority in a 5–4 decision to allow an execution to proceed in Alabama. |
| January 2022 | Kavanaugh voted with the majority in a 5–4 decision to allow an execution to proceed in Alabama. |
| 2021 | Kavanaugh was part of the six justices who rejected the appeal of a Washington State florist who violated non-discrimination laws by refusing to sell floral arrangements to a same-sex couple. |
| 2021 | Kavanaugh joined the majority opinion in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, ruling in favor of a Catholic adoption agency that had been denied funding for not placing children with same-sex couples. |
| 2021 | Kavanaugh was part of the six justices who rejected the appeal of a Washington State florist who violated non-discrimination laws by refusing to sell floral arrangements to a same-sex couple. |
| 2021 | Kavanaugh joined the majority opinion in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, ruling in favor of a Catholic adoption agency that had been denied funding for not placing children with same-sex couples. |
| November 2021 | Kavanaugh voted with the majority of justices in a 6–3 decision to decline to hear an appeal from Mercy San Juan Medical Center, leaving in place a lower court ruling in favor of a transgender patient denied a hysterectomy on religious grounds. |
| November 2021 | Kavanaugh voted with the majority of justices in a 6–3 decision to decline to hear an appeal from Mercy San Juan Medical Center, leaving in place a lower court ruling in favor of a transgender patient denied a hysterectomy on religious grounds. |
| September 2021 | Kavanaugh was part of the majority in a 5–4 vote where the Supreme Court declined an emergency petition to temporarily block the Texas Heartbeat Act, which bans nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. |
| September 2021 | Kavanaugh was part of the majority in a 5–4 vote where the Supreme Court declined an emergency petition to temporarily block the Texas Heartbeat Act, which bans nearly all abortions after six weeks of pregnancy. |
| June 2021 | Brett Kavanaugh wrote a concurrence in the Supreme Court case National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, where the Court ruled unanimously that college sports were not exempt from antitrust law. In his remarks, he criticized the NCAA, describing it as 'a massive money-raising enterprise on the backs of student athletes who are not fairly compensated' and raised serious questions about other compensation rules. |
| June 2021 | Brett Kavanaugh wrote a concurrence in the Supreme Court case National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, where the Court ruled unanimously that college sports were not exempt from antitrust law. In his remarks, he criticized the NCAA, describing it as 'a massive money-raising enterprise on the backs of student athletes who are not fairly compensated' and raised serious questions about other compensation rules. |
| 2020 | Eight days before the 2020 presidential election, Kavanaugh concurred that absentee votes properly cast in Wisconsin but received after November 3 must be discarded, joining the Court's conservatives in a ruling that requires deferral to state officials on elections. |
| 2020 | Kavanaugh sided with Roberts and three liberal justices in a 5–3 majority to allow a voting extension in North Carolina. |
| 2020 | Eight days before the 2020 presidential election, Kavanaugh concurred that absentee votes properly cast in Wisconsin but received after November 3 must be discarded, joining the Court's conservatives in a ruling that requires deferral to state officials on elections. |
| 2020 | Kavanaugh sided with Roberts and three liberal justices in a 5–3 majority to allow a voting extension in North Carolina. |
| November 2020 | In November 2020, Brett Kavanaugh was reassigned to both the Sixth Circuit and the Eighth Circuit, after previously being assigned to the Seventh Circuit. |
| November 2020 | In November 2020, Brett Kavanaugh was reassigned to both the Sixth Circuit and the Eighth Circuit, after previously being assigned to the Seventh Circuit. |
| October 2020 | Kavanaugh agreed with the justices in an 'apparently unanimous' decision to deny an appeal by Kim Davis, a county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. |
| October 2020 | Kavanaugh agreed with the justices in an 'apparently unanimous' decision to deny an appeal by Kim Davis, a county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. |
| October 19 2020 | Brett Kavanaugh voted to grant a request for a stay that would have prevented ballots sent before Election Day but delivered within three days after it from being counted. |
| October 19 2020 | Brett Kavanaugh voted to grant a request for a stay that would have prevented ballots sent before Election Day but delivered within three days after it from being counted. |
| July 2020 | In July 2020, the Supreme Court, including Brett Kavanaugh, ruled in Trump v. Vance, allowing the Manhattan district attorney to access President Trump's tax records through a 7–2 decision. |
| July 2020 | In July 2020, the Supreme Court, including Brett Kavanaugh, ruled in Trump v. Vance, allowing the Manhattan district attorney to access President Trump's tax records through a 7–2 decision. |
| June 2020 | In the case of Bostock v. Clayton County, the Supreme Court, with Kavanaugh dissenting, ruled 6–3 that workplace nondiscrimination protections in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protect individuals based on sexual orientation and gender identity. |
| June 2020 | In the case of Bostock v. Clayton County, the Supreme Court, with Kavanaugh dissenting, ruled 6–3 that workplace nondiscrimination protections in Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protect individuals based on sexual orientation and gender identity. |
| June 29 2020 | In the case of June Medical Services L.L.C. v. Russo, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's requirement for abortion providers to hold hospital admitting privileges, with Kavanaugh dissenting from the majority opinion. |
| June 29 2020 | In the case of June Medical Services L.L.C. v. Russo, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's requirement for abortion providers to hold hospital admitting privileges, with Kavanaugh dissenting from the majority opinion. |
| 2019 | He joined the faculty of George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School as a visiting professor and co-taught a summer course in Runnymede, England. |
| 2019 | He joined the faculty of George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School as a visiting professor and co-taught a summer course in Runnymede, England. |
| September 2019 | New York Times reporters published 'The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation', which included statements from Leland Ingham Keyser regarding her views on Ford's allegations. |
| September 2019 | New York Times reporters published 'The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation', which included statements from Leland Ingham Keyser regarding her views on Ford's allegations. |
| February 2019 | Kavanaugh joined Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's liberal justices in the case Garza v. Idaho, which established that the Sixth Amendment's presumption of prejudice applies when an attorney does not file an appeal due to a signed appeal waiver in a plea agreement. |
| February 2019 | Kavanaugh voted with three conservative colleagues to reject a stay of a Louisiana law aimed at restricting abortion access and issued a separate dissenting opinion expressing an openness to reconsider the law's legality if warnings from abortion rights groups proved valid. |
| February 2019 | Kavanaugh voted with three conservative colleagues to reject a stay of a Louisiana law aimed at restricting abortion access and issued a separate dissenting opinion expressing an openness to reconsider the law's legality if warnings from abortion rights groups proved valid. |
| February 2019 | Kavanaugh joined Chief Justice John Roberts and the court's liberal justices in the case Garza v. Idaho, which established that the Sixth Amendment's presumption of prejudice applies when an attorney does not file an appeal due to a signed appeal waiver in a plea agreement. |
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