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John Kenneth Bush

John Kenneth Bush

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

Born 1964 in Hot Springs, AR

FJC ID: 3114866

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.

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.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, Louisville, Kentucky
    1996–2017
  2. Private practice, Washington, D.C.
    1990–1996
  3. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. J. Smith Henley · 1989–1990

Appointments

  1. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
    2017–present · Appointed by Donald J. Trump (Republican)

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    J.D. · 1989
  2. Vanderbilt University
    B.A. · 1986