George Edward MacKinnon (April 22, 1906 – May 1, 1995) was appointed by President Nixon to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in May 1969, where he served until his death in 1995.

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  • George Edward MacKinnon (April 22, 1906 – May 1, 1995) was appointed by President Nixon to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in May 1969, where he served until his death in 1995. Judge MacKinnon is also the father of feminist legal scholar Catharine A. MacKinnon. According to Judge Harry T. Edwards, Judge MacKinnon was "a real character: he was someone who was not easily dissuaded from his positions, who always aimed to get his way, and, yet, who always enjoyed his colleagues and fostered collegiality on the court." Judge MacKinnon was also known as a conservative and once described as "so far right he makes Goldwater look like George McGovern," although this may have been hyperbole. Thomas J. Campbell, who once worked as a clerk for Judge MacKinnon, has written: Judge MacKinnon inspired by words. He inspired by his life's deeds. But he inspired most of all by what came to him, naturally. That he'd always introduce himself as George, not Judge. That he would call his wife on his private phone line, so that the government would not have to pay whatever marginal cost one phone call might represent. That he would answer his own phone with such alacrity that clerk or secretary would have to scramble to pick it up on the first ring. That he presided at the marriage, in chambers, of a man he had once prosecuted, convicted, and sent away to prison as U.S. Attorney. That he was loved by Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, and sought the approval of neither to find his own sense of worth. (en)
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  • 1947–1949 (en)
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  • George Edward MacKinnon (April 22, 1906 – May 1, 1995) was appointed by President Nixon to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in May 1969, where he served until his death in 1995. (en)
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  • George MacKinnon (en)
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