Brett Kavanaugh
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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
Official portrait, 2018
Kavanaugh (second from left) with President George W. Bush and White House staffers
Kavanaugh (blue shirt) with President Bush, Andy Card, and Condoleezza Rice
Kavanaugh is sworn into the D.C. Circuit by Justice Anthony Kennedy as his wife holds the Bible and President Bush looks on, 2006. Coincidentally, Kavanaugh would be sworn into the U.S. Supreme Court 12 years later as Kennedy's replacement.
The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal court cases, and over state cour
The Royal Exchange in New York City, the first meeting place of the Supreme Court
The court lacked its own building until 1935. For most of that time, it had chambers in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, between 1791 and 1801, the court met in City Hall (pictured) in Philadelphia.
John Marshall, chief justice from 1801 to 1835
The U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C., the home of the Supreme Court since 1935