# Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh after contentious hearings

Date: 2018

Brett Michael Kavanaugh is an American lawyer and jurist serving as an associate justice of the [Supreme Court of the United States](/organizations/gov-scotus). He was nominated by [President Donald Trump](/people/mig-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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