Brett Kavanaugh Has Shown Deep Skepticism of Regulatory State
As an appellate judge in Washington, Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has sought to put a tighter leash on the regulatory state.
His dozen years on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit have been marked with dozens of votes to roll back rules and regulations. He has often concluded that agencies stretched their power too far and frequently found himself at odds with the Obama administration, including in dissents he wrote opposing net-neutrality rules and greenhouse-gas restrictions.
