Elizabeth "Britt" Cagle Grant (born February 1, 1978) is an American attorney and judge who is a United States circuit judge of the

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. She is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

Early life and legal career

Grant was born Elizabeth Britt Cagle in 1978 in

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. Grant attended high school at

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. She studied

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and

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, graduating with a

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, ''summa cum laude'', in 2000. From 2000 to 2004, Grant worked for then-Congressman

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in Washington, D.C., and served in various roles in the administration of President George W. Bush. She then attended

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, where she was a managing editor of the '' Stanford Journal of International Law'' and a senior articles editor of the ''Stanford Law and Policy Review''. Grant also served as president of the school's

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chapter. She graduated with a

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with distinction in 2007. Grant was thereafter a

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to then-Judge

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of the

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from 2007 to 2008.Georgia Supreme Court biography of Britt C. Grant

State Solicitor General and appointment to state Supreme Court

From 2015 to 2017, Grant was Solicitor General for the State of Georgia. On January 1, 2017, Governor Nathan Deal appointed her to a seat on the Supreme Court of Georgia. On November 17, 2017, Grant was named by President

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as a potential nominee to the

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. On August 3, 2018, her service on the state supreme court was terminated when she was elevated to the

Federal judicial service

On April 10, 2018, President Trump nominated Grant to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the

. She was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Julie E. Carnes, who assumed

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on June 18, 2018. On May 23, 2018, a hearing on her nomination was held before the

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. On July 19, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 vote. On July 30, 2018, the

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invoked

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on her nomination by a 52–44 vote. On July 31, 2018, Grant was confirmed by a 52–46 vote. She received her judicial commission on August 3, 2018. In November 2020, Grant wrote for the divided panel majority when it found that a municipality's ban on minor

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violated the

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Personal life

She is married to Justin G. Grant, who worked for the

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. They have three children.

Electoral history

;2018

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