Chad A. Readler | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | |
Assumed office March 7, 2019 | |
Appointed by | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Deborah L. Cook |
Acting United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division | |
In office December 11,2017 –September 4,2018 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Himself |
Succeeded by | Jody Hunt |
In office January 30,2017 –November 16,2017 | |
President | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | Benjamin C. Mizer (acting) |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Personal details | |
Born | Pontiac,Michigan,U.S. | August 23,1972
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of Michigan (BA,JD) |
Chad Andrew Readler (RAYD-ler;born August 23,1972) [1] is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He previously served as a principal deputy and former acting assistant attorney general for the United States Department of Justice Civil Division.
Readler graduated from the University of Michigan in 1994. He attended the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law for one year,then transferred to the University of Michigan Law School,where he was an editor of the University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform . He graduated in 1997 with a Juris Doctor degree cum laude .
After graduating from law school,Readler served as a law clerk for Judge Alan Eugene Norris of the Sixth Circuit from 1997 to 1998. From 1998 to 2017,Reader was in private practice at the law firm Jones Day in its Columbus,Ohio,office,becoming a partner in 2007 [2] in the firm's Issues and Appeals practice. [3] While at Jones Day,Readler represented the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in challenging a Buffalo,New York,restriction prohibiting tobacco ads from appearing within 1,000 feet of schools,playgrounds,and day-care centers. [4] He argued that the law infringed upon the Company's First Amendment right to advertise. [5]
He also successfully argued before the Supreme Court of the United States in McQuiggin v. Perkins on behalf of a pro bono client claiming actual innocence. His other pro bono representations include representing capital defendants before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit and the Supreme Court of Ohio,representing defendants sentenced to life in prison before the Sixth Circuit,and challenging dismissals of claims filed by pro se litigants. [2] While at Jones Day,Readler traveled to Nairobi with Lawyers Without Borders to train Kenyan lawyers in prosecuting domestic violence cases,and he was also a recipient of the American Marshall Memorial Fellowship awarded by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. [6]
Prior to becoming a judge,Readler served as Acting United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division from January 2017 to September 2018. In that role,Readler led and supervised the Department of Justice's largest litigating division and actively briefed and argued several cases on behalf of the United States in federal courts across the country. [2]
He was involved in some of the most high-profile cases in the Trump administration. As Acting U.S. Assistant Attorney General,Readler defended the Trump administration's attempt to add a citizenship question on the 2020 Census,based on the allegation that the Department of Justice had requested the Department of Commerce to add the question. [7] In a fractured majority,the Supreme Court later determined that false,"ruling that the justification that the government offered at the time for including the citizenship question was just a pretext." [8]
On June 7,2018,President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Readler to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. [2] On June 18,2018,his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Readler to the seat being vacated by Judge Deborah L. Cook,who previously announced her intention to assume senior status on a date to be determined. [9] In June 2018,U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown said he did not plan to return a blue slip for Readler's nomination,while U.S. Senator Rob Portman said he planned to support Readler's nomination. [10] On October 10,2018,a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [11]
During his confirmation hearing,Democrats criticized Readler for having supported a Republican lawsuit aimed at dismantling the Affordable Care Act,including its protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions. [12] [13]
On January 3,2019,his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI,Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. He was renominated on January 23,2019. [14] On February 7,2019,his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. [15] On March 5,2019,the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 53–45 vote. [16] On March 6,2019,his nomination was confirmed by a 52–47 vote. [17] He received his judicial commission on March 7,2019. [18]
Notable cases as a circuit court judge
Readler is a member of the Federalist Society. [22]
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