U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Nominated by President Donald Trump
Confirmed 60–38 on November 1, 2017
- B.A., University of Northern Iowa 1990
- J.D., Northwestern University School of Law 1993
- Law clerk, Hon. David B. Sentelle, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1993-1994
- Law clerk, Hon. Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States, 1994-1995
- Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1995-1997
- Visiting assistant professor, Northwestern University School of Law, 1998
- University of Michigan Law School, 1998-2001, 2003-present; visiting professor of law, 1998-2001; special counsel and lecturer in law, 2003-2015; adjunct professor of law, 2015-present
- Deputy assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 2002-2003
- Visiting assistant professor, University of Iowa College of Law, 2006
- Justice, Michigan Supreme Court, 2015-2017
Democrats who opposed her confirmation:
Baldwin (D-WI), Bennet (D-CO), Blumenthal (D-CT), Booker (D-NJ), Brown (D-OH), Cantwell (D-WA), Cardin (D-MD), Casey (D-PA), Coons (D-DE), Cortez Masto (D-NV), Duckworth (D-IL), Durbin (D-IL), Feinstein (D-CA), Franken (D-MN), Gillibrand (D-NY), Harris (D-CA), Hassan (D-NH), Heinrich (D-NM), Hirono (D-HI), Kaine (D-VA), King (I-ME), Klobuchar (D-MN), Leahy (D-VT), Markey (D-MA), Merkley (D-OR), Murphy (D-CT), Murray (D-WA), Reed (D-RI), Sanders (I-VT), Schatz (D-HI), Schumer (D-NY), Shaheen (D-NH), Tester (D-MT), Udall (D-NM), Van Hollen (D-MD), Warren (D-MA), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR)