The Kavanaugh Files: All the Key Resources in One Place

A digest of documents about the D.C. Circuit judge as he begins his Supreme Court confirmation hearing this week

Brett Kavanaugh walking surrounded by aides

Jose Luis Magana/APKavanaugh walks through a Senate office building to meet with senators last month. His confirmation hearing starts Tuesday (Sept. 4).

Judge Kavanaugh begins his testimony this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee as he seeks confirmation to the Supreme Court. The hearing is expected to last all week, and senators will no doubt grill Kavanaugh on executive power, abortion rights, the Affordable Care Act, corporate power, and the environment.

After more than two decades as a Washington lawyer and judge, Kavanaugh has an extremely long paper trail (and some are unhappy about the slow pace at which many of those documents have been publicly released).

Below are some key Kavanaugh documents to help you stay informed during the confirmation process. And be sure to follow Circuit Breaker on Twitter @DCCircuitBreak for continuous coverage of confirmation week.

Judicial Opinions

Every majority opinion, concurrence, and dissent Kavanaugh has written on the D.C. Circuit

Disclosure Reports

All of Kavanaugh’s financial disclosures and net work statements, courtesy of Fix the Court

Senate Judiciary Documents

Kavanaugh’s response to committee’s nomination questionnaire 

All documents released by the committee

Academic Writing

Fixing Statutory Interpretation

The President and the Independent Counsel

Defense Presence and Participation: A Procedural Minimum for Batson v. Kentucky Hearings

Separation of Powers During the Forty-Fourth Presidency and Beyond

Our Anchor for 225 Years and Counting: The Enduring Significance of the Precise Text of the Constitution

The Judge as Umpire: Ten Principles

A Dialogue With Federal Judges on the Role of History in Interpretation

Lecture: The Courts and the Administrative State

Keynote Address: Two Challenges for the Judge as Umpire: Statutory Ambiguity and Constitutional Exceptions

Law of Judicial Precedent

Circuit Breaker‘s Coverage of Kavanaugh

Listening to Kavanaugh

The Senate on Kavanaugh: Then and Now

Kavanaugh on Free Speech

In What May Be Kavanaugh’s Final Opinion at the D.C. Circuit, a Dispute Over FOIA Fees

Five Things You Might Not Know About Brett Kavanaugh

IT’S KAVANAUGH

All Eyes on Kavanaugh

Judge Brett Kavanaugh: Analyzing How the Potential Next Justice Might Rule

You can email James Romoser at james@dccircuitbreaker.org. Follow him on Twitter @jamesromoser.