Brett Kavanaugh
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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His Supreme Court vote overturning Roe is now haunting Susan Collins's re-election campaign, turning his confirmation into a live political story.
For center/moderates his confirmation exemplifies how procedural assurances can fail to predict consequential judicial outcomes.