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'''John Kenneth Bush''' (born August 24, 1964) is an American attorney and ] of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawyercentral.com/john-k-bush-interactive-profile--20-269719.html|title=Attorney John K Bush - Lawyer in Louisville KY|website=www.lawyercentral.com}}</ref><ref name="npr-confirmed">{{cite news | publisher = NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/20/538363825/conservative-political-blogger-confirmed-for-seat-on-federal-appeals-court | title = Conservative Political Blogger Confirmed For Seat On Federal Appeals Court | first = Nina | last = Totenberg | authorlink = Nina Totenberg | date = July 20, 2017}}</ref> Bush graduated from ] and practiced in ] and ], where he served as president of the local branch of the ]. In 2017, he was nominated to a seat on the ] by President ]. During his confirmation hearings, Bush was questioned about pseudonymous blog posts he had written disparaging ], comparing ] to slavery, and citing material promoting right-wing conspiracy theories.<ref name="npr-confirmed"/><ref name="cj-tragedies"/><ref name="cj-evades"/> He was confirmed by the Senate on a party-line vote of 51–47 on July 20, 2017.<ref name="cj-confirmed">{{cite news | work = USA Today | title = Louisville attorney John Bush confirmed 51-47 for seat on federal court of appeals | date = July 20, 2017 | first = Andrew | last = Wolfson |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/20/louisville-attorney-john-bush-confirmed-51-47-seat-federal-court-appeals/494904001/#}}</ref>
'''John Kenneth Bush''' (born August 24, 1964) is an American attorney and ] of the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawyercentral.com/john-k-bush-interactive-profile--20-269719.html|title=Attorney John K Bush - Lawyer in Louisville KY|website=www.lawyercentral.com}}</ref><ref name="npr-confirmed">{{cite news | publisher = NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2017/07/20/538363825/conservative-political-blogger-confirmed-for-seat-on-federal-appeals-court | title = Conservative Political Blogger Confirmed For Seat On Federal Appeals Court | first = Nina | last = Totenberg | authorlink = Nina Totenberg | date = July 20, 2017}}</ref> Bush graduated from ] and practiced in ] and ], where he served as president of the local branch of the ]. In 2017, he was nominated to a seat on the ] by President ]. He was confirmed by the Senate on a party-line vote of 51–47 on July 20, 2017.<ref name="cj-confirmed">{{cite news | work = USA Today | title = Louisville attorney John Bush confirmed 51-47 for seat on federal court of appeals | date = July 20, 2017 | first = Andrew | last = Wolfson |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/20/louisville-attorney-john-bush-confirmed-51-47-seat-federal-court-appeals/494904001/#}}</ref>
On May 8, 2017, President Donald Trump announced that he would nominate Bush to the seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit vacated by Judge Danny Julian Boggs who took senior status on February 28, 2017. A hearing on his nomination before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary was held on June 14, 2017. On a questionnaire submitted to the committee, Bush acknowledged that between 2007 and 2016, he had pseudonymously authored approximately 400 blog posts on Elephants in the Bluegrass, a blog founded by his wife, Bridget. His blog posts espoused expressed opposition to gay marriage, the Affordable Care Act, public financing of political campaigns, and the idea of trying terrorists in civilian courts. Bush also compared abortion to slavery, and citing media reports containing "birther" falsehoods about Barack Obama's citizenship. When questioned about his blogging during his judicial nomination process, Bush said that "my personal views are irrelevant to the position for which I have been nominated" and that "blogging is a political activity. It is not appropriate to bring politics to the bench." On July 19, 2017, the Senate voted in favor of cloture by a vote of 51–48, and on the following day voted 51–47 to confirm him. He received his judicial commission on July 21, 2017.
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