Jennifer Mascott
Jennifer Mascott is a judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
On July 16, 2025, PresidentDonald Trump (R) announced his intent to nominate Jennifer Mascott to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.[1] On September 2, 2025, PresidentDonald Trump (R) nominated Mascott to the court. She was confirmed by theUnited States Senate on October 9, 2025, by a vote of 50-47.[2] To see a full list of judges appointed byDonald Trump,click here.
TheUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is one of 13U.S. courts of appeal. They are the intermediateappellate courts of theUnited States federal courts. To learn more about the court,click here.
Prior to joining the court, Mascott was an Americanlaw professor.[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (2025-present)
On July 16, 2025, PresidentDonald Trump (R) announced his intent to nominate Mascott to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She was confirmed by a 50-47 vote of the U.S. Senate on October 9, 2025.[2] Mascott received commission on October 10, 2025.[1][3] To read more about the federal nominations process,click here.
 |
| Nominee Information |
| Name: Jennifer Mascott |
| Court:United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 37 days after nomination. |
 ANominated: September 2, 2025 |
| AABA Rating: Qualified |
| Questionnaire:Questionnaire |
| AHearing: September 3, 2025 |
| Hearing Transcript:Hearing Transcript |
| QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| AReported: October 1, 2025 |
| AConfirmed: October 9, 2025 |
| AVote: 50-47 |
Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Mascott by a vote of 50-47 on October 9, 2025.[2] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website,click here.
| Jennifer Mascott confirmation vote (October 9, 2025) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Yea | Nay | No vote | ||||||
 Democratic | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||||||
 Republican | 50 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
 Independent | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 50[4] | 47 | 3 | ||||||
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
TheSenate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Mascott's nomination on September 3, 2025. The committee voted to advance Mascott's nomination to the full Senate on September 11, 2025.[5][2]
Jennifer Mascott was reported to the full Senate on October 1, 2025, after a 12-10 committee vote.[5]
Nomination
On July 16, 2025, PresidentDonald Trump (R) announced his intent to nominate Jennifer Mascott to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. On September 2, 2025, PresidentDonald Trump (R) nominated Mascott to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.[2] To read more about the federal nominations process,click here.
Chamberlin was nominated to replace JudgeSharion Aycock, who assumedsenior status on April 15, 2025.[6]
TheAmerican Bar Association (ABA) rated Mascottqualified.[7] To read more about ABA ratings,click here.
Biography
Education
Mascott obtained a B.S. from the University of Maryland and aJ.D. from George Washington University Law School.[3]
Career
- 2025-present: Judge,United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- 2025-2025: Senior counsel, White House Counsel's Office
- 2024-2025: Associate professor of law, Catholic Law School
- 2020-2021: U.S. Department of Justice deputy associate deputy attorney general
- 2019-2021: U.S. Department of Justice deputy assistant attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel
- 2017-2024: George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School Assistant professor of law
- 2017-2019: Private practice, Arlington, Virginia
- 2016-2017: George Washington University Law School Olin/Searle Fellow
- 2015-2017: Georgetown University Law Center Olin/Searle Fellow
- 2015-2017: George Washington University Law School professorial lecturer in law
- 2011-2013: George Washington University Law School professorial lecturer in law
- 2008-2009: Law clerk to the Hon. Clarence Thomas,Supreme Court of the United States
- 2006-2007: Law clerk to the Hon. Brett M. Kavanaugh,United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit[3]
About the court
| Third Circuit |
|---|
| Court of Appeals |
 |
| Judgeships |
| Posts: 14 |
| Judges: 14 |
| Vacancies: 0 |
| Judges |
| Chief:Michael Chagares |
| Active judges:Stephanos Bibas,Emil Bove,Michael Chagares,Cindy Chung,Arianna Freeman,Thomas Hardiman,Cheryl Ann Krause,Jennifer Mascott,Paul Matey,Tamika Montgomery-Reeves,Peter Phipps,David Porter,Luis Felipe Restrepo,Patty Shwartz Senior judges: |
TheUnited States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is afederal appellate court with appellatejurisdiction. It hears appeals from all of the circuit courts within its jurisdiction and its rulings may be appealed to theSupreme Court of the United States.
Appeals are heard in the James A. Byrne Federal Courthouse inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania. It shares a courthouse with theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
One judge of the Third Circuit went on to serve on theSupreme Court of the United States.Samuel Alito was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2006 byGeorge W. Bush (R).-->The Third Circuit hasappellate jurisdiction over cases heard in one of its subsidiary districts. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law. Appeals of rulings by theThird Circuit Court of Appeals are petitioned to theSupreme Court of the United States. JusticeSamuel Alito is thecircuit justice for the Third Circuit.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has appellatejurisdiction over the United States district court in the following federal judicial districts:
- District of Delaware
- District of New Jersey
- Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- Middle District of Pennsylvania
- Western District of Pennsylvania
It also has appellate jurisdiction over theUnited States District Court for the U.S. Virgin Islands which, in spite of the name, is aterritorial court and belongs to no federal judicial district.
To read opinions published by this court, clickhere.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by theSenate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends ablue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑1.01.11.2Truth Social, "Truth Details," July 16, 2025
- ↑2.02.12.22.32.4Congress.gov, "PN466-4 — Jennifer Lee Mascott — The Judiciary," accessed September 9, 2025
- ↑3.03.13.2FJC, "Mascott, Jennifer Lee," October 10, 2025
- ↑Note: The bolded number reflects the largest number.
- ↑5.05.1U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, "Executive Business Meeting," accessed September 11, 2025Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "EBC" defined multiple times with different content - ↑Judge Aycock's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center.
- ↑American Bar Association, "STANDING COMMITTEE ON THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY," accessed October 2, 2025
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Kent Jordan | United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit 2025-Present | Succeeded by - |
| |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Thomas Parker •Elizabeth Branch •Neil Gorsuch •Amul Thapar •David C. Nye •John K. Bush •Kevin Newsom •Timothy J. Kelly •Ralph Erickson •Scott Palk •Trevor McFadden •Joan Larsen •Amy Coney Barrett •Allison Eid •Stephanos Bibas •Donald Coggins Jr. •Dabney Friedrich •Greg Katsas •Steven Grasz •Don Willett •James Ho •William L. Campbell Jr. •David Stras •Tilman E. Self III •Karen Gren Scholer •Terry A. Doughty •Claria Horn Boom •John Broomes •Rebecca Grady Jennings •Kyle Duncan •Kurt Engelhardt •Michael B. Brennan •Joel Carson •Robert Wier •Fernando Rodriguez Jr. •Annemarie Carney Axon • | ||
| 2018 | Andrew Oldham •Amy St. Eve •Michael Scudder •John Nalbandian •Mark Bennett •Andrew Oldham •Britt Grant •Colm Connolly •Maryellen Noreika •Jill Otake •Jeffrey Beaverstock •Emily Coody Marks •Holly Lou Teeter •Julius Richardson •Charles B. Goodwin •Barry Ashe •Stan Baker •A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr. •Terry F. Moorer •Susan Baxter •William Jung •Alan Albright •Dominic Lanza •Eric Tostrud •Charles Williams •Nancy E. Brasel •James Sweeney •Kari A. Dooley •Marilyn J. Horan •Robert Summerhays •Brett Kavanaugh •David Porter •Liles Burke •Michael Juneau •Peter Phipps •Lance Walker •Richard Sullivan •Eli Richardson •Ryan Nelson •Chad F. Kenney, Sr. •Susan Brnovich •William M. Ray, II •Jeremy Kernodle •Thomas Kleeh •J.P. Hanlon •Mark Norris •Jonathan Kobes •Michael Brown •David Counts | ||
| 2019 | Eric Miller •Chad Readler •Eric Murphy •Neomi Rao •Paul Matey •Allison Jones Rushing •Bridget S. Bade •Roy Altman •Patrick Wyrick •Holly Brady •David Morales •Andrew Brasher •J. Campbell Barker •Rodolfo Ruiz •Daniel Domenico •Michael Truncale •Michael Park •Joseph Bianco •Raúl Arias-Marxuach •Daniel Collins •Joshua Wolson •Wendy Vitter •Kenneth Kiyul Lee •Kenneth Bell •Stephen Clark •Howard Nielson •Rodney Smith •Jean-Paul Boulee •Sarah Daggett Morrison •Rossie Alston •Pamela A. Barker •Corey Maze •Greg Guidry •Matthew Kacsmaryk •Allen Winsor •Carl Nichols •James Cain, Jr. •Tom Barber •J. Nicholas Ranjan •Clifton L. Corker •Peter Phipps •Daniel Bress •Damon Leichty •Wendy W. Berger •Peter Welte •Michael Liburdi •William Shaw Stickman •Mark Pittman •Karin J. Immergut •Jason Pulliam •Brantley Starr •Brian Buescher •James Wesley Hendrix •Timothy Reif •Martha Pacold •Sean Jordan •Mary Rowland •John M. Younge •Jeff Brown •Ada Brown •Steven Grimberg •Stephanie A. Gallagher •Steven Seeger •Stephanie Haines •Mary McElroy •David J. Novak •Frank W. Volk •Charles Eskridge •Rachel Kovner •Justin Walker •T. Kent Wetherell •Danielle Hunsaker •Lee Rudofsky •Jennifer Philpott Wilson • William Nardini •Steven Menashi •Robert J. Luck •Eric Komitee •Douglas Cole •John Sinatra •Sarah Pitlyk •Barbara Lagoa •Richard Myers II •Sherri Lydon •Patrick Bumatay •R. Austin Huffaker • Miller Baker •Anuraag Singhal •Karen Marston •Jodi Dishman •Mary Kay Vyskocil •Matthew McFarland •John Gallagher •Bernard Jones •Kea Riggs •Robert J. Colville •Stephanie Dawkins Davis •Gary R. Brown •David Barlow • Lewis Liman | ||
| 2020 | Lawrence VanDyke •Daniel Traynor •John Kness •Joshua Kindred •Philip Halpern •Silvia Carreno-Coll •Scott Rash •John Heil •Anna Manasco •John L. Badalamenti •Drew Tipton •Andrew Brasher •Cory Wilson •Scott Hardy •David Joseph •Matthew Schelp •John Cronan •Justin Walker •Brett H. Ludwig •Christy Wiegand •Thomas Cullen •Diane Gujarati •Stanley Blumenfeld •Mark Scarsi •John Holcomb •Stephen P. McGlynn •Todd Robinson •Hala Jarbou •David Dugan •Iain D. Johnston •Franklin U. Valderrama •John Hinderaker •Roderick Young •Michael Newman •Aileen Cannon •James Knepp •Kathryn Kimball Mizelle • Benjamin Beaton • Kristi Johnson •Toby Crouse •Philip Calabrese •Taylor McNeel •Thomas Kirsch •Stephen Vaden •Katherine Crytzer •Fernando Aenlle-Rocha •Charles Atchley •Joseph Dawson | ||
| 2025 | Whitney Hermandorfer •Joshua Divine •Cristian M. Stevens •Zachary Bluestone •Emil Bove •Edward Artau •Kyle Dudek•Maria Lanahan•Jennifer Mascott•Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe•Chad Meredith•Harold Mooty•Jordan Pratt•Edmund LaCour•Bill Lewis•Eric Tung•Rebecca Taibleson•Joshua D. Dunlap•Bill Mercer•Susan Rodriguez•Robert Chamberlin•Matthew Orso•David Bragdon•Jimmy Maxwell•Lindsey Freeman•William J. Crain | ||
| 2026 | |||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
