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== Early life and education ==

Johnstone earned a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree from [[Yale University]] in 1995. He was a [[paralegal]] at the law firm [[Arnold & Porter]] from 1995 to 1996. He then attended the [[University of Chicago Law School]], graduating in 1999 with a [[Juris Doctor]] with honors.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Johnstone, Helen & David Mason Professor of Law & Affiliated Professor of Public Administration |url=https://www.umt.edu/people/johnstone |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=www.umt.edu |language=en}}</ref> He married Helen Autumn Helene Devos in 2004.<ref name=mar>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114888089/the-independent-record/|title=For The Record|date=July 28, 2004|location=The Independent-Record (Helena, Montana)}}</ref>

In 1999 and 2000, JohstoneJohnstone served as a law clerk for Judge [[Sidney R. Thomas]] of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. From 2000 to 2003, he was a litigation associate at [[Cravath, Swaine & Moore]] in [[New York City]]. From 2004 to 2008, he served as an assistant attorney general in the [[Montana Department of Justice]]. From 2008 to 2011, he served as [[Solicitor General]] of Montana. From 2011 to 2023, he worked as a professor at the [[Alexander Blewett III School of Law]]. He was a solo practitioner at Johnstone PLLC in [[Missoula, Montana]].<ref name="Nom">{{Cite web |date=September 2, 2022 |title=President Biden Names Twenty-Sixth Round of Judicial Nominees |url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/02/president-biden-names-twenty-sixth-round-of-judicial-nominees/ |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=The White House |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Anthony Johnstone |url=https://montanaioe.org/affiliates/anthony-johnstone |access-date=September 2, 2022 |website=Montana IOE |language=en}}</ref> Johnstone has been a member of the [[Federalist Society]] and the [[American Constitution Society]].<ref name=Questionnaire/><ref>{{Cite news|date=May 1, 2023|last=Crawley|first=John|title=Biden Pick from Conservative Montana Confirmed to Ninth Circuit|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/biden-pick-from-conservative-montana-confirmed-to-ninth-circuit|website=news.bloomberglaw.com|access-date=May 15, 2023|language=en}}</ref>

On September 2, 2022, President [[Joe Biden]] announced his intent to nominate Johnstone to serve as a [[United States federal judge|United States circuit judge]] for the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit|Ninth Circuit]].<ref name="Nom" /> On September 6, 2022, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Biden nominated Johnstone to the seat to be vacated by Judge [[Sidney R. Thomas]], who announced his intent to assume [[senior status]] upon confirmation of a successor.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate|date=September 6, 2022|publisher=The White House|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/09/06/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-80/}}</ref> Senator [[Steve Daines]] of [[Montana]] opposed his nomination, saying that Johnstone was too political and partisan to be a judge and that the White House had not adequately consulted him on the nomination.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=DAINES STATEMENT ON BIDEN'S NINTH CIRCUIT JUDICIAL NOMINEE ANTHONY JOHNSTONE|date=December 9, 2022|url=https://www.daines.senate.gov/2022/12/09/daines-statement-on-bidens-ninth-circuit-judicial-nominee-anthony-johnstone/|access-date=May 1, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tester's office says Daines created political division he publicly criticized|date=December 3, 2022 |url=https://dailymontanan.com/2022/12/02/testers-office-says-daines-created-political-division-he-publicly-criticized/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Crawley|first=John|title=Biden Pick from Conservative Montana Confirmed to Ninth Circuit|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/biden-pick-from-conservative-montana-confirmed-to-ninth-circuit|access-date=May 2, 2023|website=news.bloomberglaw.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Thomsen|first=Jacqueline|title=US Senate confirms Montana law professor as Biden's latest 9th Circuit judge|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-senate-confirms-montana-law-professor-bidens-latest-9th-circuit-judge-2023-05-01/|access-date=May 2, 2023|website=reuters.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Senate confirms UM law professor Johnstone as judge for 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals|url=https://ravallirepublic.com/news/state-and-regional/senate-confirms-um-law-professor-johnstone-as-judge-for-9th-circuit-u-s-court-of/article_fced59f1-a3f2-5fea-a3ed-1436c04d46a3.html|access-date=May 2, 2023|website=ravallirepublic.com|language=en}}</ref> On October 12, 2022, a hearing on his nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations|date=October 9, 2022|publisher=[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary]]|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/10/12/2022/nominations}}</ref> He was questioned about his views on election integrity and religious freedom issues.<ref>{{Cite news|title=With Congress out of town, U.S. Senate panel plows ahead on judicial nominees|newspaper=Reuters |date=October 12, 2022 |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/with-congress-out-town-us-senate-panel-plows-ahead-judicial-nominees-2022-10-12/|last1=Raymond|first1=Nate}}</ref> On December 1, 2022, his nomination was favorably reported outby ofthe committee by an 11–10 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EBM%20Results%20-%202022-12-011.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – December 1, 2022|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=December 1, 2022}}</ref> On January 3, 2023, his nomination was returned to the President under [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI|Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6]] of the [[United States Senate]]; he was renominated later the same day.<ref>{{Cite press release|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate|date=January 3, 2023|publisher=The White House|location=Washington, D.C.|url=https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/03/nominations-sent-to-the-senate-91/}}</ref> On February 2, 2023, the committee failed to report his nomination by a 10–10 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/EBM%20Results%20-%202023-02-021.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 2, 2023|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|accessdate=February 2, 2023}}</ref> On February 9, 2023, his nomination was favorably reported outby ofthe committee by an 11–10 vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2023-02-09%20-%20EBM%20-%20Results.pdf|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 9, 2023|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=February 9, 2023}}</ref> On April 25, 2023, Majority Leader [[Chuck Schumer]] filed [[cloture]] on his nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PN89 — Anthony Devos Johnstone — The Judiciary |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/118th-congress/89 |access-date=2023-07-07 |website=Congress.gov}}</ref> On April 27, 2023, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 50–45 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 27, 2023|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Anthony Devos Johnstone to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00100.htm|access-date=April 27, 2023|website=United States Senate}}</ref> On May 1, 2023, his nomination was confirmed by a 49–45 vote.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 1, 2023|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Anthony Devos Johnstone, of Montana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1181/vote_118_1_00101.htm|access-date=May 1, 2023|website=United States Senate}}</ref> He received his judicial commission on May 5, 2023.<ref>{{FJC Bio|nid=13618506|inline=yes}}</ref>

*{{Cite journal |last=Johnstone |first=Anthony |date=December 11, 2013 |title=Outside Influence |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2379171 |journalvolume=13 |journal=Election Law Journal |page=117 |languagedoi=en10.1089/elj.2013.0210 |locationlanguage=Rochester,en NY|ssrn=2379171 }}

*{{Cite journal |last=Johnstone |first=Anthony |date=July 18, 2013 |title=The System of Campaign Finance Disclosure |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2295545 |journalvolume=99 |journal=Iowa Law Review Bulletin |language=en |location=Rochester, NY|ssrn=2295545 }}

*{{Cite journal |last=Johnstone |first=Anthony |date=December 3, 2013 |title=Recalibrating Campaign Finance Law |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2394937 |journalvolume=32 |journal=Yale Law & Policy Review |page=217 (|year=2013) |language=en |location=Rochester, NY|ssrn=2394937 }}

*{{Cite journal |last=Johnstone |first=Anthony |date=March 25, 2013 |title=Commandeering Information (and Informing the Commandeered) |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2244191 |journal=University of Pennsylvania Law Review Online |language=en |location=Rochester, NY |volume=161 |pages=205|ssrn=2244191 }}

*{{Cite journal |last=Johnstone |first=Anthony |date=October 31, 2011 |title=A Madisonian Case for Disclosure |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=1967196 |journal=George Mason Law Review |language=en |location=Rochester, NY |volume=19 |issue=2|ssrn=1967196 }}

*{{Cite journal |last=Johnstone |first=Anthony |date=June 1, 2010 |title=The Constitutional Initiative in Montana |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=1623249 |journal=Montana Law Review |language=en |location=Rochester, NY |volume=71 |pages=325|ssrn=1623249 }}

*{{Cite journal |last=Johnstone |first=Anthony |date=August 1, 2009 |title=Captive Regulators, Captive Shippers: The Legacy of Mccarty Farms |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=1604922 |journal=Montana Law Review |language=en |location=Rochester, NY |volume=70 |pages=239|ssrn=1604922 }}

*{{Cite journal |last=Johnstone |first=Anthony |date=April 1, 1998 |title=Peremptory Pragmatism: Religion and the Administration of the Batson Rule |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=1604909 |journal=University of Chicago Legal Forum |language=en |location=Rochester, NY |pages=441|ssrn=1604909 }}

*{{Cite bookjournal |last=Johnstone |first=Anthony |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2229543 |title=Foreword: The State of the Republican Form of Government in Montana |date=March 5, 2013 |publishervolume=74 |journal=Montana Law Review |editionpage=5 |location=Rochester, NY |ssrn=2229543 |language=en}}

*{{Cite journalSSRN |last=Johnstone |first=Anthony |date=September 12, 2012 |title=Testimony of Anthony Johnstone, Assistant Professor, University of Montana School of Law - Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on 'The Citizens United Court and the Continuing Importance of the Voting Rights Act' |url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2226393 |language=en |location=Rochester, NY|doi=10.2139/ssrn.2226393 |ssrn=2226393 }}

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