Brett Kavanaugh & Elena Kagan
13 shared events · Importance 5 · Last updated Jul 23, 2026
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Justice Kavanaugh serves as an Associate Justice alongside Justice Kagan on the U.S. Supreme Court, where they frequently engage in professional collaboration while often holding differing judicial philosophies that lead to opposing votes in significant cases.
Domestic
Brett Kavanaugh: Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored the majority opinion for the United States — Supreme Court of the United States, stating that the coordinated-expenditure limits violated the First Amendment.
Elena Kagan: Justice Elena Kagan wrote the dissenting opinion for the liberal justices, arguing that the Supreme Court's decision would cause 'untold harm' by enabling parties to funnel large contributions to individual candidates.
Apr 20, 2026 · 52 articles
Domestic
Brett Kavanaugh: Target of a 2022 assassination attempt; his case cited as an example of threats.
Elena Kagan: Testified alongside Barrett, highlighting a 38% increase in threats and supporting the budget request.
Jul 14, 2026 · 42 articles
Domestic
Brett Kavanaugh: Brett Kavanaugh sided with the majority in blocking Donald Trump's order based on federal law, though he disagreed with the constitutional ruling, suggesting a future Congress could change the law.
Elena Kagan: Elena Kagan joined the majority opinion, upholding birthright citizenship.
Apr 20, 2026 · 194 articles
Regulatory
Brett Kavanaugh: Justice Kavanaugh joined the majority in both cases, providing a key vote to protect Fed independence.
Elena Kagan: Justice Kagan joined the majority in Cook and dissented in Slaughter, warning against misuse of the shadow docket.
Apr 20, 2026 · 237 articles
Domestic
Brett Kavanaugh: Brett Kavanaugh sided with the majority opinion, affirming that constitutional privacy protections apply to cellphone location data.
Elena Kagan: Elena Kagan wrote the majority opinion for the United States — Supreme Court of the United States, articulating the legal reasoning behind the decision to limit geofence warrants and extend privacy protections to cellphone location data.
Jun 29, 2026 · 46 articles
Regulatory
Brett Kavanaugh: Authored the majority opinion, which held that FIFRA expressly preempts Durnell's state-law failure-to-warn claim.
Elena Kagan: Justice Elena Kagan joined the majority opinion, supporting the Supreme Court's decision to restrict state-level lawsuits against pesticide manufacturers.
Jun 25, 2026 · 133 articles
Domestic
Brett Kavanaugh: Brett Kavanaugh, a Justice of the United States — Supreme Court of the United States, was present at the State of the Union address.
Elena Kagan: Elena Kagan, a Justice of the United States — Supreme Court of the United States, was in attendance at the State of the Union address.
Feb 24, 2026 · 22 articles
International
Brett Kavanaugh: Justice Brett Kavanaugh, in his dissent, noted that the Supreme Court's ruling did not specify how the government should return the collected billions from importers.
Elena Kagan: Elena Kagan joined the majority opinion of the United States — Supreme Court of the United States, ruling against Donald Trump's use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act for tariffs.
Feb 20, 2026 · 80 articles
International
Brett Kavanaugh: Justice Kavanaugh was target of a threat; not directly impacted by conflict.
Elena Kagan: Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan is set to testify before Congress, a separate event unrelated to the conflict.
Apr 20, 2026 · 304 articles
Domestic
Brett Kavanaugh: Brett Kavanaugh was the recipient of Sonia Sotomayor's apology after she criticized his concurring opinion on immigration raids, which allowed ethnicity as a factor in stops.
Apr 15, 2026 · 6 articles
Domestic
Brett Kavanaugh: Brett Kavanaugh, a Justice, was referenced in Sonia Sotomayor's comments regarding an immigration case and later received an apology from her.
Apr 15, 2026 · 11 articles
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