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Kavanaugh stop (n.) is an immigration stop where agents briefly detain someone over combined factors like apparent ethnicity, language, location, or job.
Kavanaugh stop (n.) is a concurrence written in chambers and enforced in a Home Depot parking lot.
Kavanaugh was the only justice to write in support of the unsigned Noem v. Vasquez Perdomo order; Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissented.
Kavanaugh stop (n.) is a stop that's brief to the judge and an afternoon to the roofer.
Drexel law professor Anil Kalhan coined the term in a September 2025 social media post: "What we might refer to as a 'Kavanaugh stop.'"
Kavanaugh stop (n.) is 'free to go,' right after you prove you were free to be here.
Kavanaugh stop (n.) is reasonable suspicion built from a checklist: accent, zip code, work boots, face.
Kavanaugh stop (n.) is the Fourth Amendment's lock, swapped for a dimmer switch.
Kavanaugh stop (n.) is the rare legal doctrine named for its author by the people who object to it.
In Trump v. Illinois in December 2025, Kavanaugh wrote that officers "must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."