D.C. Court of Appeals Judge Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed to fill retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy’s vacancy on the Supreme Court.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s judicial philosophy is straightforward – a judge should interpret the law, not make it. He has applied principles of textualism and originalism. President George W. Bush first nominated Kavanaugh to the D.C. Circuit on July 25, 2003 and he was eventually confirmed by the Senate on May 26, 2006, by a vote of 57-36.
