Michael W. McConnell

For other people with the same name, see Michael McConnell (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Mitch McConnell.

Michael W. McConnell
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
In office
November 26, 2002 – August 31, 2009
Nominated byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byStephen H. Anderson
Succeeded byScott Matheson Jr.
Personal details
Born
Michael William McConnell

(1955-05-18) May 18, 1955 (age 69)
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
EducationMichigan State University (BA)
University of Chicago (JD)

Michael William McConnell (born May 18, 1955) is an American jurist who served as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from 2002 to 2009. Since 2009, McConnell has been a professor and Director of the Stanford Constitutional Law Center at Stanford Law School.[1] He is also a senior fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution, and Senior Of Counsel to the Litigation Practice Group at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. In May 2020, Facebook appointed him to its content oversight board.[2] In 2020, McConnell published The President Who Would Not Be King: Executive Power under the Constitution under Princeton University Press.

  1. ^ Hill, Kashmir (May 5, 2009). "Musical Chairs". Above the Law. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
  2. ^ "Facebook names first members of oversight board that can overrule Zuckerberg". Reuters. May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2020.