Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Kavanaugh's Judicial Record On Religion Issues

To assist in evaluation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's church-state and religious liberty views, here are all the D.C. Circuit cases involving these issues in which Kavanaugh was one of the judges deciding the case. Cases designated by an asterisk are ones in which Kavanaugh authored an opinion:
Estate of Coll-Monge v. Inner Peace Movement, 524 F.3d 1341 (2008)
Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches v. United States Navy (In re Navy Chaplaincy), 534 F.3d 756 (2008) [majority opinion]
St. John's United Church of Christ v. FAA, 550 F.3d 1168 (2008)
Kaemmerling v. Lappin, 553 F.3d 669 (2008)
Newdow v. Roberts, 603 F.3d 1002 (2010)[concurring opinion]
Daniel Chapter One v. FTC, 405 Fed. Appx. 505 (2010)
Mahoney v. Doe, 642 F.3d 1112 (2011) [concurring opinion]
United States v. Moore, 651 F.3d 30 (2011)
Chaplaincy of Full Gospel Churches v. United States Navy (In re Navy Chaplaincy), 738 F.3d 425 (2013)
In re Charges of Judicial Misconduct, 769 F.3d 762 (2014)
Priests for Life v. United States HHS, 808 F.3d 1 (2015) [dissenting opinion]