The situation U.S. Circuit Judge Brett Kavanaugh found himself in circa September 2018 and reveals just how choppy the waters on the way to the Isle of Power can be, especially if it’s on the Judiciary Committee of the US Senate. In July 2018, Justice Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court by United States President Donald Trump. After three or four days of what could simply be described as intense hearings, another day rolled in for Kavanaugh where he was charged with high school sexual misconduct. We take a look at who Kavanaugh is, his background, and select areas of his life.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh Biography, Age
Brett Kavanaugh was born in Washington, DC, on February 12, 1965, to his parents, Martha Gamble and Everett Edward Kavanaugh. His full name at birth is Brett Michael Kavanaugh. He grew up in Bethesda, Maryland.
Her mother, Martha was at Woodson and McKinley High Schools where she taught history in the 60s and 70s. law degree from Washington College of Law in 1978. His father, Everett, was also a lawyer. Kavanaugh comes from constitutionally astute roots.
Judge Brett Kavanaugh attended Georgetown Preparatory Class when he was a teenager. An all-boys high school that has produced some of the greatest legal minds, including US Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
While at Georgetown Prep, Kavanaugh was friends with Mark Judge. He was also captain of the school basketball team and also played on the football team. He graduated in 1983 and continued his education at Yale University. Kavanaugh majored in history at Yale and received a Bachelor of Arts with honors in 1987. He studied law at Yale Law School, where he earned a Juris Doctorate in 1990.
Legal Career Profile
Kavanaugh worked as a clerk for Judge WaltersKing Stapleton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was called to the bar in Maryland in 1990 and to the bar in the District of Columbia two years later. He worked with Solicitor General Ken Starr for several years, first on a one-year fellowship and then on several other cases. Notably, the Monica Lewinsky sex scandal with then-President of the United States, Bill Clinton.
At the end of 2000, he joined the legal team of GeorgeW. Bush and Alberto Gonzales, White House adviser to the White House, later hired him as an associate when Bush became president. Kavanaugh also served as White House staff secretary.
Although President Bush’s nomination of Kavanaugh was before the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals in the United States. He has been stuck in the Senate for almost three years. Since 2006, he has been a judge at the court. He remained there until he was appointed a Justice of the United States Supreme Court by President Donald Trump in July 2018.
wife, family
Brett Kavanaugh met his wife, Ashley Estes, while the couple were employed by President Bush’s administration. She was an aide during Bush’s presidential campaign and while he was governor of Texas.
Ashley was then President Bush’s personal secretary from the start of his presidency until 2004. She attended Abilene Cooper High School and the University of Texas. Ashley married Kavanaugh in 2004. The couple’s union was blessed with two children, daughters Liza and Margaret. Kavanaugh and his family live in the Fifth Section of Chevy Chase, Maryland. Since 2018, Ashley has served as Section Five Manager for Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Religion
Judge Brett Kavanaugh is Catholic by faith. He attended Georgetown Catholic Preparatory School and is a reader at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Washington DC. He is involved in a host of volunteer activities for causes related to his beliefs. Kavanaugh coaches his daughters’ basketball teams with the Catholic Youth Organization. He taught at the Washington Jesuit Academy in Washington, a private Catholic school, and with his local congregation he also serves meals to the homeless.
Booth on Gay Marriage
When it comes to Brett Kavanaugh’s position on gay marriages and LGBT rights in general, no one can say unequivocally what his position is. There are no decisions in Kavanaugh’s story that indicate how heavily he relies on such matters.
However, for members of the LGBT community, the fact that he was nominated by a Republican President and worked closely with former President George Bush who in 2006 sought a constitutional amendment banning marriages of the same sex, suggests that it might be less respectful of LGBT rights.