Patricia Ann McGowan Wald was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1986 until 1991. She was the Court's first female chief judge and its first woman to be elevated,having been appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979. From 1999 to 2001,Wald was a Justice of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary,also called the House Judiciary Committee,is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives. It is charged with overseeing the administration of justice within the federal courts,federal administrative agencies,and federal law enforcement entities. The Judiciary Committee is often involved in the impeachment process against federal officials. Because of the legal nature of its oversight,committee members usually have a legal background,but this is not required.
James Lindsay Almond Jr. was an American lawyer,state and federal judge and Democratic party politician. His political offices included as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 6th congressional district (1946-1948),26th Attorney General of Virginia (1948-1957) and the 58th Governor of Virginia (1958-1962). As a member of the Byrd Organization,Almond initially supported massive resistance to the integration of public schools following the United States Supreme Court decisions in Brown v. Board of Education,but when Virginia and federal courts ruled segregation unconstitutional,Almond worked with the legislature to end massive resistance.
Priscilla Richman is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She was previously a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 1995 to 2005.
Patrick Errol Higginbotham is an American judge and lawyer who serves as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
The Vermont Supreme Court is the highest judicial authority of the U.S. state of Vermont. Unlike most other states,the Vermont Supreme Court hears appeals directly from the trial courts,as Vermont has no intermediate appeals court.
David Brookman Smith,known professionally as D. Brooks Smith,is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He was previously Chief Judge of both the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania,and is the only judge in the history of the Third Circuit to have served as both a chief district judge and chief of the Court of Appeals. Since January 2022,Smith has served as Penn State Law's new jurist in residence.
Oren Harris was a United States representative from Arkansas and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas and the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
Carolyn Barbara Kuhl is a judge on the Superior Court of California for the County of Los Angeles and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She became a Superior Court judge in 1995 and was nominated to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 22,2001,by President George W. Bush.
Marvin E. Aspen is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. was an American attorney,politician,and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was best known for overseeing the lawsuit to desegregate the Dallas Independent School District.
On May 26,2009,President Barack Obama announced his selection of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States,to replace retiring Justice David Souter. Sotomayor's nomination was submitted to the United States Senate on June 1,2009,when the 111th Congress reconvened after its Memorial Day recess. Sotomayor was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 6,2009 by a 68–31 vote,and was sworn in by Chief Justice John Roberts on August 8,2009,becoming the first Hispanic to serve on the Supreme Court.
Cam Ward is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Alabama Senate,representing District 14 from 2010 to 2020. He previously represented District 49 of the Alabama House of Representatives from 2002 to 2010.
Robert L. Brown served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Susan Gertrude Braden is a former judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims. Braden was appointed to that court in 2003 by President George W. Bush. She was appointed chief judge by President Donald Trump on March 13,2017 and assumed senior status on July 13,2018,and retired in 2019.
William Frederic Jung is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Brian Craig Buescher is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Anita Earls is an American civil rights attorney,educator and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. She previously served as the executive director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice,as well as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice during the Clinton administration. On November 6,2018,Earls defeated Republican incumbent Justice Barbara Jackson in a three-candidate election to win a seat on the state's highest court.
Barbara Womack Webb is an American judge from Arkansas who is an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
Bradley Nelson Garcia is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was an official at the United States Department of Justice from 2022 to 2023.
