Carrie Campbell Severino

Carrie Campbell Severino is President 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. A recognized authority on the judicial confirmation process, she is frequently quoted in national media and regularly appears on major television networks including FOX, CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, and ABC’s This Week.

Mrs. Severino writes and speaks widely on issues related to the judiciary, including constitutional limits on government power, the federal judicial nomination process, and state-level judicial selection. She has testified before Congress on constitutional matters, briefed U.S. Senators on judicial nominees, and filed amicus briefs in numerous high-profile Supreme Court cases.

Earlier in her career, she served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and Judge David B. Sentelle on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. She holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School, a B.A. in Biology from Duke University, and an M.A. in Linguistics from Michigan State University.