Carrie Campbell Severino is the chief counsel and policy director of the Judicial Crisis Network. and co-author with Mollie Hemingway of the bestselling book Justice on Trial: The Kavanaugh Confirmation and the Future of the Court. As an expert on the confirmation process, Mrs. Severino has been extensively quoted in the media and regularly appears on television, including MSNBC, FOX, CNN, C-SPAN and ABC’s This Week. During the Kavanaugh confirmation alone she logged 104 TV appearances, in addition to doing extensive radio and print media.
Severino writes and speaks on a wide range of judicial issues, including the constitutional limits on government, the federal nomination process, and state judicial selection. She has testified before Congress on constitutional questions and briefed Senators on judicial nominations, and regularly files briefs in high-profile Supreme Court cases. She was a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and to Judge David B. Sentelle of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, and is a graduate of Harvard Law School (J.D.), Duke University (B.A., Biology), and Michigan State University (M.A., Linguistics).
Supreme Court Nominations and Confirmations Throughout the Years
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Court-Packing, Term Limits, and More: The Debate Over Reforming the Judiciary
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Is It Time to End Life Tenure for Federal Judges?
2019 National Lawyers Convention
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Justice Still on Trial: the Kavanaugh Confirmation and Continuing Attacks on Judicial Independence
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Supreme Court Preview: What Is in Store for October Term 2019?
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Court-Packing, Term Limits, and More: The Debate Over Reforming the Judiciary
Federalism and Separation of Powers Practice Group Teleforum
On December 16, 2020, The Federalist Society's Federalism and Separation of Powers Practice Group hosted...
Court-Packing, Term Limits, and More: The Debate Over Reforming the Judiciary
Federalism and Separation of Powers Practice Group Teleforum
On December 16, 2020, The Federalist Society's Federalism and Separation of Powers Practice Group hosted...
Is It Time to End Life Tenure for Federal Judges?
2019 National Lawyers Convention
On November 14, 2019, the Federalist Society's Litigation Practice Group hosted a panel for the...
Is It Time to End Life Tenure for Federal Judges?
2019 National Lawyers Convention
On November 14, 2019, the Federalist Society's Litigation Practice Group hosted a panel for the...
Examining Judicial Life Tenure
NLC Convention Panel: Litigation Practice Group
The Constitution provides that judges serve during good behavior – essentially for life – but...