My Take
Brett Kavanaugh is one of the most polarizing figures ever to sit on the Supreme Court, and honestly, that's partly by design — he was confirmed in October 2018 after one of the most contentious Senate battles in modern American history, with Christine Blasey Ford's testimony turning the hearings into a national flashpoint. A Yale Law grad who clerked for Justice Anthony Kennedy before spending over a decade on the D.C. Circuit, he's clearly a sharp legal mind, but his legacy is already defined by more than his opinions. His 2022 vote in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. Wade, cemented him as a transformative — and for many, a troubling — force on the bench. History's still writing the verdict on him, and it's going to be a messy one.
Overview
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 United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2006 to 2018.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Brett Kavanaugh
- Name (Japanese)
- ブレット・カバノー
- Reading
- ぶれっと・かばのー
- Born
- February 12, 1965 (age 61)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aquarius / Snake
- Origin
- Washington, D.C., United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- judge / politician / lawyer / jurist
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Yale College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.