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More than four and one-half years have passed since Justice Brett Kavanaugh joined the U.S. Supreme Court, where he is now part of a 6-3 Republican-appointed supermajority. Kavanaugh's confirmation by the U.S. Senate was a definite game changer. The retired Justice Anthony Kennedy, who Kavanaugh replaced, was a right- Ronald Reagan appointee with libertarian views on abortion and gay rights; Kavanaugh was much more of a social conservative and voted to overturn Roe v. Wade with the High Court's wildly unpopular Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization ruling of 2022. Kavanaugh's Senate con…