Justice Kavanaugh: the great concurrer of the Roberts court?

Completing his eighth term on the Supreme Court, Kavanaugh, along with Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, is a member of the court’s center bloc. In my view, Kavanaugh’s concurrences can be broken into three separate, albeit overlapping, types. In 2024, during a visit at Catholic Law, Kavanaugh was explicit that sometimes he writes a concurring opinion to “show respect for the side I’m disagreeing with.” ***Kavanaugh’s concurrences – or concurrences in general – are not without their critics. Kavanaugh’s concurrences also serve as a way for the justice to try and tone down some of the heat surrounding the Supreme Court.