| image = Jennifer Mascott.png
| image = Jennifer Mascott.png
| office = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]]
| office = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]]
| term_start = October 10, 2025
| term_start = October 10, 2025
| term_end =
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Kent A. Jordan]]
| predecessor = [[Kent A. Jordan]]
| successor =
| successor =
| education = [[University of Maryland, College Park]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[George Washington University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| education = [[University of Maryland, College Park]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[George Washington University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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”’Jennifer Lee “Jenn” Mascott”'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21-1319.html|title=Docket for 21-1319|website=www.supremecourt.gov}}</ref> is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a [[United States federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]]. She was appointed in 2025 by President [[Donald Trump]]. Prior to her judicial appointment, Mascott was a law professor whose research focused on [[separation of powers]] and [[litigation]]. She taught at the [[Columbus School of Law]] of [[Catholic University of America]] (2025), at the [[Antonin Scalia Law School]] of [[George Mason University]] (2017–2024), and at the [[George Washington University Law School]] (2011–2017).<ref name=”Catholic University”/>
”’Jennifer Lee “Jenn” Mascott”'<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/21-1319.html|title=Docket for 21-1319|website=www.supremecourt.gov}}</ref> is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a [[United States federal judge|United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]]. Prior to her judicial appointment, Mascott was a law professor whose research focused on [[separation of powers]] and [[litigation]]. She taught at the [[Columbus School of Law]] of [[Catholic University of America]] (2025), at the [[Antonin Scalia Law School]] of [[George Mason University]] (2017–2024), and at the [[George Washington University Law School]] (2011–2017).<ref name=”Catholic University”/>
==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
In 2003, Mascott entered the George Washington University Law School, where she was the senior projects editor of the ”[[The George Washington Law Review|George Washington Law Review]]”. She graduated in 2006 with a [[Juris Doctor]], ”summa cum laude”, having attained with the highest cumulative graduating GPA (4.22) in the school’s history.<ref name=”Catholic University”>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.edu/about-us/faculty-and-staff/directory/expert-faculty/Mascott-Jennifer/index.html|title=Jennifer Mascott|first=Jennifer|last=Mascott|website=The Catholic University of America}}</ref>
In 2003, Mascott entered the George Washington University Law School, where she was the senior projects editor of the ”[[The George Washington Law Review|George Washington Law Review]]”. She graduated in 2006 with a [[Juris Doctor]], ”summa cum laude”, having attained with the highest cumulative graduating GPA (4.22) in the school’s history.<ref name=”Catholic University”>{{Cite web|url=https://www.law.edu/about-us/faculty-and-staff/directory/expert-faculty/Mascott-Jennifer/index.html|title=Jennifer Mascott|first=Jennifer|last=Mascott|website=The Catholic University of America}}</ref>
==Legal career==
====
After law school, Mascott was a [[law clerk]] to then-judge [[Brett Kavanaugh]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit|U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit]] from 2006 to 2007 and then to Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] from 2008 to 2009. From 2011 to 2017, she was a lecturer at George Washington University Law School and from 2015 to 2017 was an Olin/Searle Fellow at [[Georgetown University Law Center]]. From 2017 to 2024, she was an assistant professor of law at the Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University, and she received the [[Federalist Society]]’s 2023 Joseph Story Award. From 2017 to 2019, Mascott was also [[of counsel]] at the law firm Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC in [[Arlington, Virginia]].<ref name=”Questionnaire”>{{cite web |last=Mascott |first=Jennifer Lee |date=September 3, 2025 |title=Mascott’s Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/mascott_sjq1.pdf |access-date=September 3, 2025 |website=www.judiciary.senate.gov |publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |location=}}</ref>
After law school, Mascott was a [[law clerk]] to then-judge [[Brett Kavanaugh]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]] from 2006 to 2007 and then to Justice [[Clarence Thomas]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] from 2008 to 2009. From 2011 to 2017, she was a lecturer at George Washington University Law School and from 2015 to 2017 was an Olin/Searle Fellow at [[Georgetown University Law Center]]. From 2017 to 2024, she was an assistant professor of law at the Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University, and she received the [[Federalist Society]]’s 2023 Joseph Story Award. From 2017 to 2019, Mascott was also [[of counsel]] at the law firm Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC in [[Arlington, Virginia]].<ref name=”Questionnaire”>{{cite web |last=Mascott |first=Jennifer Lee |date=September 3, 2025 |title=Mascott’s Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/mascott_sjq1.pdf |access-date=September 3, 2025 |website=www.judiciary.senate.gov |publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |location=}}</ref>
During Donald Trump’s first term, Mascott served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the [[Office of Legal Counsel]] from 2019 to 2020 and as Associate Deputy Attorney General in the [[United States Department of Justice]] from November 2020 through January 2021. In 2021, Mascott left the Justice Department to work as an Assistant Professor of Law at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, where she worked until 2024.<ref name=”Catholic University”/> She then worked as a Managing Trustee at Adfero, a public relations firm, until 2025.<ref name=”Questionnaire”/>
During Donald Trump’s first term, Mascott served as in the [[Office of Legal Counsel]] from 2019 to 2020 and as in the [[United States Department of Justice]] from November 2020 through January 2021. In 2021, Mascott left the Justice Department to work as an of at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, where she worked until 2024.<ref name=”Catholic University”/> She then worked as a Managing Trustee at Adfero, a public relations firm, until 2025.<ref name=”Questionnaire”/>
In 2025, she served in the [[White House Counsel|White House Counsel’s Office]] as Senior Advisor under Trump. Mascott also serves as an Associate Professor of Law at the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America where she is currently on public service leave.<ref name=”Catholic University”/><ref name=”Questionnaire”/>
In 2025, she served in the [[White House Counsel|White House Counsel’s Office]] as under Trump. Mascott also serves as an Associate Professor of Law at the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America where she is on public service leave.<ref name=”Catholic University”/><ref name=”Questionnaire”/>
===Federal judicial service===
==Nomination to court of appeals==
On July 16, 2025, President [[Donald Trump]] announced his intention to nominate Mascott to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated by [[Kent A. Jordan]]. On September 3, 2025, she testified before the [[U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee]]. Democrats on the committee questioned her about her ties to the state of Delaware and her views on the [[separation of powers]]. She stated, “I’ve been nominated to a seat that by custom now is within Delaware and would look forward, if this body were to confirm me, to joining the legal community specifically in Delaware.”<ref>{{cite news |last=Raymond |first=Nate |date=September 3, 2025 |title=Trump nominee to Delaware appeals court seat questioned on lack of ties to state |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-nominee-delaware-appeals-court-seat-questioned-lack-ties-state-2025-09-03/ |work= |location= |publisher=Reuters |access-date=September 3, 2025}}</ref> On October 1, 2025, her nomination was reported from the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]] by a 12–10 vote [[party-line vote]].<ref>{{cite web |author=<!– not stated –> |date=October 1, 2025 |title=Result of Committee Executive Business Meeting |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/db00d0e2-cc67-5097-2f2c-5b454f764495/2025-10-01_EBM_Results.pdf |access-date=October 18, 2025 |website=judiciary.senate.gov |publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |location=}}</ref> On October 8, 2025, the [[United States Senate]] invoked cloture on her nomination by a 50–47 vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 8, 2025 |title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jennifer Lee Mascott to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit) |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00552.htm |access-date=October 18, 2025 |website=senate.gov}}</ref> On October 9, 2025, her nomination was confirmed by a 50–47 vote, with Senator [[Lisa Murkowski]] voting against her confirmation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2025 |title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Jennifer Lee Mascott, of Delaware, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit) |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00561.htm |access-date=October 18, 2025 |website=senate.gov}}</ref> She received her judicial commission on October 10, 2025.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=13762064}}</ref>
On July 16, 2025, President [[Donald Trump]] announced his intention to nominate Mascott to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated by [[Kent A. Jordan]]. On September 3, 2025, she testified before the [[U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee]]. Democrats on the committee questioned her about her ties to the state of Delaware and her views on the [[separation of powers]]. She stated, “I’ve been nominated to a seat that by custom now is within Delaware and would look forward, if this body were to confirm me, to joining the legal community specifically in Delaware.”<ref>{{cite news |last=Raymond |first=Nate |date=September 3, 2025 |title=Trump nominee to Delaware appeals court seat questioned on lack of ties to state |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-nominee-delaware-appeals-court-seat-questioned-lack-ties-state-2025-09-03/ |work= |location= |publisher=Reuters |access-date=September 3, 2025}}</ref> On October 1, 2025, her nomination was reported from the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]] by a 12–10 vote [[party-line vote]].<ref>{{cite web |author=<!– not stated –> |date=October 1, 2025 |title=Result of Committee Executive Business Meeting |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/db00d0e2-cc67-5097-2f2c-5b454f764495/2025-10-01_EBM_Results.pdf |access-date=October 18, 2025 |website=judiciary.senate.gov |publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary |location=}}</ref> On October 8, 2025, the [[United States Senate]] invoked cloture on her nomination by a 50–47 vote.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 8, 2025 |title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jennifer Lee Mascott to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit) |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00552.htm |access-date=October 18, 2025 |website=senate.gov}}</ref> On October 9, 2025, her nomination was confirmed by a 50–47 vote, with Senator [[Lisa Murkowski]] voting against her confirmation.<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2025 |title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Jennifer Lee Mascott, of Delaware, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit) |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00561.htm |access-date=October 18, 2025 |website=senate.gov}}</ref> She received her judicial commission on October 10, 2025.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=13762064}}</ref>
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American federal judge
Jennifer Lee “Jenn” Mascott[1] is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Prior to her judicial appointment, Mascott was a law professor whose research focused on separation of powers and litigation. She taught at the Columbus School of Law of Catholic University of America (2025), at the Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University (2017–2024), and at the George Washington University Law School (2011–2017).[2]
Early life and education
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Mascott graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park with a Bachelor of Science, cum laude, in mathematics and government.
In 2003, Mascott entered the George Washington University Law School, where she was the senior projects editor of the George Washington Law Review. She graduated in 2006 with a Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, having attained with the highest cumulative graduating GPA (4.22) in the school’s history.[2]
After law school, Mascott was a law clerk to then-judge Brett Kavanaugh of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 2006 to 2007 and then to Justice Clarence Thomas of the Supreme Court of the United States from 2008 to 2009. From 2011 to 2017, she was a lecturer at George Washington University Law School and from 2015 to 2017 was an Olin/Searle Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center. From 2017 to 2024, she was an assistant professor of law at the Antonin Scalia Law School of George Mason University, and she received the Federalist Society‘s 2023 Joseph Story Award. From 2017 to 2019, Mascott was also of counsel at the law firm Consovoy McCarthy Park PLLC in Arlington, Virginia.[3]
During Donald Trump’s first term, Mascott served as deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Legal Counsel from 2019 to 2020 and as associate deputy attorney general in the United States Department of Justice from November 2020 through January 2021. In 2021, Mascott left the Justice Department to work as an assistant professor of law at the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, where she worked until 2024.[2] She then worked as a Managing Trustee at Adfero, a public relations firm, until 2025.[3]
In 2025, she served in the White House Counsel’s Office as senior advisor under Trump. Mascott also serves as an Associate Professor of Law at the Columbus School of Law at the Catholic University of America where she is on public service leave.[2][3]
Federal judicial service
[edit]
On July 16, 2025, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Mascott to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated by Kent A. Jordan. On September 3, 2025, she testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Democrats on the committee questioned her about her ties to the state of Delaware and her views on the separation of powers. She stated, “I’ve been nominated to a seat that by custom now is within Delaware and would look forward, if this body were to confirm me, to joining the legal community specifically in Delaware.”[4] On October 1, 2025, her nomination was reported from the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 12–10 vote party-line vote.[5] On October 8, 2025, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 50–47 vote.[6] On October 9, 2025, her nomination was confirmed by a 50–47 vote, with Senator Lisa Murkowski voting against her confirmation.[7] She received her judicial commission on October 10, 2025.[8]
Selected scholarly works
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- ^ “Docket for 21-1319”. www.supremecourt.gov.
- ^ a b c d Mascott, Jennifer. “Jennifer Mascott”. The Catholic University of America.
- ^ a b c Mascott, Jennifer Lee (September 3, 2025). “Mascott’s Senate Judiciary Committee Questionnaire” (PDF). www.judiciary.senate.gov. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ Raymond, Nate (September 3, 2025). “Trump nominee to Delaware appeals court seat questioned on lack of ties to state”. Reuters. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
- ^ “Result of Committee Executive Business Meeting” (PDF). judiciary.senate.gov. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. October 1, 2025. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
- ^ “On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Jennifer Lee Mascott to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit)”. senate.gov. October 8, 2025. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
- ^ “On the Nomination (Confirmation: Jennifer Lee Mascott, of Delaware, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit)”. senate.gov. October 9, 2025. Retrieved October 18, 2025.
- ^ Jennifer Mascott at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
