Justice Kavanaugh Tests Positive for Covid Ahead of New Term (1)

Justice Brett Kavanaugh tested positive for Covid-19 on Thursday, just days before the U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hold in-person arguments for the first time in 19 months.

Kavanaugh, 56, who learned of the test results Thursday night, has no symptoms and has been fully vaccinated since January, the Supreme Court said in a press release. The other justices have all tested negative, as did Kavanaugh’s wife and daughters.

In an update Friday evening, the court said Kavanaugh would take part from home when the justices open their nine-month term with arguments in five cases next week. He and ...