John K. Bush
John Kenneth Bush (born August 24, 1964) is an American attorney and United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Bush graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced in Washington, D.C., and Louisville, Kentucky, where he served as president of the local branch of the Federalist Society. In 2017, he was nominated to a seat on the Sixth Circuit by President Donald Trump.
John K. Bush | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
| Assumed office July 21, 2017 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Danny Julian Boggs |
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| Born | August 24, 1964 Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Education | Vanderbilt University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Bush's confirmation hearings were controversial as it was revealed that he had authored pseudonymous blog posts in which he opposed gay rights, abortion, and cited alt-right websites promoting birtherism and other false right-wing conspiracy theories. He was confirmed in the Senate by the Republican majority on a 51–47 vote in July 2017.