Lee Rudofsky | |
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Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas | |
Assumed office November 8, 2019 | |
Appointed by | Donald Trump |
Preceded by | James Leon Holmes |
Solicitor General of Arkansas | |
In office July 1,2015 –July 20,2018 | |
Governor | Asa Hutchinson |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Nicholas Bronni |
Personal details | |
Born | 1979 (age 43–44) New York City,New York,U.S. |
Education | Cornell University (BS,MPA) Harvard University (JD) |
Lee Philip Rudofsky (born 1979) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
Rudofsky received a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Public Administration from Cornell University,and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School. After law school,Rudofsky served as a law clerk to Justice Robert J. Cordy of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and to Judge Andrew Kleinfeld of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He then became an associate at Kirkland &Ellis,before serving as Deputy General Counsel to the Mitt Romney 2012 presidential campaign. In 2015,Rudofsky became Solicitor General of Arkansas,and he left that post in 2018 to become senior director for global anti-corruption compliance at Walmart. [1] [2] [3] Rudofsky is Jewish. [4]
On July 1,2019,President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Rudofsky to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas. Rudofsky was nominated to the seat vacated by Judge James Leon Holmes,who assumed senior status on March 31,2018. On July 8,2019,his nomination was sent to the United States Senate. [5] Senator Tom Cotton recommended his nomination. [6] On July 31,2019,a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. [7] On October 17,2019,his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote. [8] On November 6,2019,the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 51–41 vote. [9] On November 7,2019,his nomination was confirmed by a 51–41 vote. [10] He received his judicial commission on November 8,2019. [11]
In 2022,Rudofsky held that American citizens could not bring suit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act,instead concluding that provision could only be enforced by lawsuits filed directly by the Attorney General of the United States. [12] His decision was widely criticized by legal commentators as standing in opposition to decades of Supreme Court precedent which had permitted private enforcement of the Voting Rights Act,effectively "gutting" the VRA and rendering it "largely unenforceable". [13] [14] [15]
He has been a member of the Federalist Society since 2002. [16]
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Lee Rudofsky is an outstanding choice to serve as district court judge. Lee is an exceptionally qualified attorney and has served honorably as the Solicitor General of Arkansas as well as a Senior Director of Walmart's Global Anti-Corruption Compliance program. Lee understands that the proper role for a judge is to interpret the Constitution and the laws as written, and I look forward to his confirmation.