kavanaugh stopとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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Kavanaugh stop

1. (US, law, dysphemistic) A practice in which federal agents detain a person based on their ethnicity, spoken language, and occupation.
   • 2025 October 7, Samantha J. Gross, “Critics of Trump’s immigration crackdown are using the term ‘Kavanaugh stop.’ Here’s what it means.”, in The Boston Globe‎, archived from the original on 8 October 2025:

     Shortly thereafter, Drexel University law professor Anil Kalhan dubbed ICE’s racially motivated activity as "Kavanaugh stops," a term that has also been promoted by Sherrilyn Ifill, a civil rights lawyer at Howard University. The term stems from a concurring opinion written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who said that officers may detain someone if they have “a reasonable suspicion” that the person is in the US without legal status.

   • 2026 February 3, Ricardo Pimentel, “As the ICE crackdown continues, empathy lives and hope stays alive”, in Wisconsin Examiner:

     Justice Brett Kavanaugh undid an order by a lower court that barred immigration authorities from using ethnicity as cause to arrest and detain. This is now appropriately called the Kavanaugh Stop.

   • 2026 April 17, “Sotomayor Apologizes for Kavanaugh Comments; Hegseth Recites Fake Bible Quote”, in CNN This Morning, spoken by Audie Cornish and Elliot Williams:

     CORNISH: First, remind people what a Kavanaugh stop is, because it's very controversial.
     WILLIAMS: Right. Well, the – a Kavanaugh stop does not exist. That is just a term that advocates have given. Now, in a concurrence, in an opinion about when migrants can be stopped in the United States, Kavanaugh, Justice Kavanaugh, laid out a number of factors that that can be considered, including language, one's occupation, where they're found, and so on. Many advocates regard it as racial profiling.