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'''John Kenneth Bush''' (born August 24, 1964)<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> is an American attorney and conservative political blogger.<ref name="npr-confirmed">{{cite news | publisher = NPR | url = http://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 appointed as a ] on the ] by President ].
'''John Kenneth Bush''' (born August 24, 1964)<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> is an American attorney and conservative political blogger.<ref name="npr-confirmed">{{cite news | publisher = NPR | url = http://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 appointed as a ] on the ] by President ]. Bush's appointment to the federal judiciary was controversial, as he had written pseudonymous blog posts disparaging ], comparing ] to slavery, and promoting various false right-wing ].<ref name="npr-confirmed"/><ref name="cj-tragedies">{{cite news | work = Louisville Courier-Journal | first = Andrew | last = Wolfson | title = Using pen name, judicial nominee wrote slavery and abortion are our 'greatest tragedies' | url = http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/05/24/blog-posts-could-dog-trump-judicial-nominee-and-louisville-lawyer-john-k-bush/340746001/ | date = May 24, 2017}}</ref><ref name="cj-evades">{{cite news | work = Louisville Courier-Journal | title = Trump's judicial nominee from Louisville ducks questions about his controversial blog posts | url = http://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2017/06/28/judicial-nominee-louisville-john-k-bush-ducks-questions-controversial-blog-posts/433160001/ | first = Andrew | last = Wolfson | date = June 28, 2017}}</ref> Bush was confirmed by the Senate on a party-line vote of 51–47.<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 Senate Judiciary Committee was held on June 14, 2017. During his hearing, Bush was questioned about blog posts he had published under a pseudonym on the political website "Elephants in the Bluegrass." Bush said "Blogging is a political activity. It is not appropriate to bring politics to the bench." On July 13, 2017 his nomination was reported out of committee by a vote of 11-9. On July 19, 2017 the Senate voted in favor of cloture by a vote of 51-48. On July 20, 2017 the United States Senate voted 51-47 to confirm him. He received his judicial commission on July 21, 2017.
