[3] She served as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel from January 2002 to May 2003 in the administration of President George W.

[8] She was on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's May 2016 list of potential Supreme Court justices.

[9] Her service was terminated due to her appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

[10][11][12] Larsen's nomination was held up for months by Michigan's Senators, Debbie Stabenow and Gary Peters.

[14] Stabenow and Peters both returned blue slips in August 2017, allowing Larsen's hearing to move forward.