Carlos F. Lucero is an American attorney and jurist serving as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.
Gregory Frederick Van Tatenhove,also known as Greg Van Tatenhove,is a US district judge of the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He was a legislative aide of Senator Mitch McConnell,a law clerk for Judge Eugene E. Siler,Jr.,US Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2001–05),and on the recommendation of Senators Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell he was nominated to fill his current seat on the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky (2006–present). Daniel Cameron was a law clerk for Van Tatenhove,who later swore him in as Kentucky Attorney General.
Danny Clyde Reeves is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Amul Roger Thapar is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky. He was also President Trump's first Court of Appeals appointment and Trump's second judicial appointment after Justice Neil Gorsuch. Thapar was discussed as a candidate for the Supreme Court of the United States.
Same-sex marriage has been legal in Kentucky since the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26,2015. The decision,which struck down Kentucky's statutory and constitutional bans on same-sex marriages,was handed down on June 26,2015,and Governor Steve Beshear and Attorney General Jack Conway announced almost immediately that the court's order would be implemented.
Kimberly Jean Davis is an American former county clerk for Rowan County,Kentucky,who gained international attention in August 2015 when she defied a U.S. federal court order to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples.
Miller v. Davis is a federal lawsuit in the United States regarding the issuance of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. After the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide on June 26,2015,the county clerk of Rowan County,Kentucky,Kim Davis,refused to issue marriage licenses to any couple to avoid issuing them to same-sex couples,citing her religious beliefs. She also refused to allow her deputies to issue the licenses,as they would still bear her title and name.
John Kenneth Bush is an American attorney and United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Bush graduated from Harvard Law School and practiced in Washington,D.C.,and Louisville,Kentucky,where he served as president of the local branch of the Federalist Society. In 2017,he was nominated to a seat on the Sixth Circuit by President Donald Trump.
Claria Denise Horn Boom is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky and United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. She is a member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
Leonard Steven Grasz is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Robert Earl Wier is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
Brett Joseph Talley is an American lawyer and author who served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Department of Justice. In September 2017,he was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill a vacancy on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. His nomination drew controversy due to his lack of judicial experience,partisan personal blogging,and failure to disclose that he was married to Ann Donaldson,the chief of staff to White House counsel Don McGahn. He became the third judicial nominee since 1989 to receive a unanimous rating of "not qualified" from the American Bar Association. On December 13,2017,Talley withdrew his name from consideration for the appointment.
Donald Trump,President of the United States from 2017 to 2021,entered office with a significant number of judicial vacancies,including a Supreme Court vacancy due to the death of Antonin Scalia in February 2016. During the first eight months of his presidency,he nominated approximately 50 judges,a significantly higher number than any other recent president had made by that point in his presidency. By June 24,2020,200 of his Article III nominees had been confirmed by the United States Senate. According to multiple media outlets,Trump significantly impacted the composition of the Supreme Court and lower courts during his tenure.
John Michael O'Connor is an American attorney and politician who served as the 19th attorney general of Oklahoma between 2021 and 2023. O’Connor was previously a shareholder of Hall Estill and a nominee to be a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma,the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma,and the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Jonathan Allen Kobes is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Justin Reed Walker is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was previously a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky from 2019 to 2020.
Sarah Elizabeth Martin Pitlyk is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Kathryn Kimball Mizelle is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida. At age 33,she was the youngest person chosen by President Donald Trump for a lifetime judicial appointment.
Katherine Amber Crytzer is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Kai Niambi Scott is an American attorney who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She previously served as a judge on the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas from 2015 to 2023.
