Raymond Gruender

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Raymond W. Gruender
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Assumed office
June 5, 2004
Education Washington University in St. Louis (BA, MBA, JD)

Raymond W. Gruender (born 1963) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

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Education and early career

Gruender was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated from the prestigious Jesuit, all-boy College-preparatory school, St. Louis University High School, in 1981. He then attended Washington University in St. Louis and Washington University School of Law and earned three degrees: a Bachelor of Arts, a Juris Doctor, and a Master of Business Administration. In 2006, he received the Distinguished Young Alumni Award from the law school. [2]

Prior to joining the federal bench, Gruender worked as an attorney both in private practice and public service. After law school, he was in private practice at Lewis, Rice & Fingersh from 1987 to 1990, at which point he became an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri. In 1994, he ran for election as St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney and lost to the incumbent. He then returned to private practice at Thompson Coburn. In 1996, he was the Missouri state campaign director for Bob Dole's presidential campaign. [3] In 2000, he left Thompson Coburn to rejoin the United States Attorneys' Office, and in 2001 he became the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, a position he remained in until his confirmation to the Eighth Circuit in 2004. [4]

Federal judicial service

Gruender was nominated to the Eighth Circuit by President George W. Bush on September 29, 2003, to fill a seat vacated by Judge Pasco Bowman II. The United States Senate confirmed him 97-1 on May 20, 2004, almost eight months later, with Senator Tom Harkin voting against him. [5] Gruender received his commission on June 5, 2004. [6]

Jurisprudence

Possible Supreme Court nomination

Gruender has been consistently mentioned as a possible nominee for the Supreme Court in a Republican administration. [15] On May 18, 2016, then Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced that Gruender was on his list of potential Supreme Court nominees. [16] [17]

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References

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  2. "WULS: Raymond W. Gruender". Archived from the original on June 4, 2010. Retrieved April 18, 2010.
  3. "Dole Won't Debate Perot During Visit: But GOP Candidate Will Speak at SLU. (News)". Archived from the original on May 31, 2016.
  4. Johnson, Matthew E. (December 2004). "New Faces on the 8th Circuit: Do Recent Appointments Portend a Change?". Bench & Bar of Minnesota. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  5. "On the Nomination (Confirmation Raymond W. Gruender of Missouri to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit)".
  6. Raymond Gruender at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
  7. Walter, Donna (March 21, 2007). "8th Circuit rules pregnancy act doesn't require contraceptive". The Kansas City Daily News-Press. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  8. "Eighth Circuit Holds That Benefits Plans Excluding All Contraceptives Do Not Discriminate Based on Sex" (PDF). Harvard Law Review. 121: 1447–1454. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2009. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  9. "The EEOC and Federal Contraceptive Regulation". National Review . March 23, 2012.
  10. "The Persecution of Belmont Abbey". October 26, 2009. Archived from the original on September 18, 2012.
  11. Colb, Sherry (July 9, 2008). "The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Approves An "Informed Consent" Requirement for Abortions: The Slippery Quality of Statutory Definitions". FindLaw's Writ. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  12. Slevin, Peter (July 20, 2008). "Ruling Gives South Dakota Doctors a Script to Read". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  13. Bartels, Charles (April 2, 2009). "Little Rock school desegregation order upheld". FOX News. Associated Press. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  14. "Court upholds Little Rock desegregation". Bay State Banner. Associated Press. June 29, 2006. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  15. "The Daily 202: Key conservatives pushing Mike Lee for the Supreme Court". The Washington Post .
  16. "ABC News". ABC News .
  17. Colvin, Jill. "Trump Unveils List of His Top Supreme Court Picks". Associated Press. Archived from the original on May 19, 2016. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
Legal offices
Preceded by United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri
2001–2004
Succeeded by
Preceded byJudge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
2004–present
Incumbent