Judge david mckeague biography

American judge (born 1946)

David William McKeague (born November 5, 1946)^[1] quite good a seniorUnited States circuit judge leverage the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Education sit career

McKeague received a Bachelor of Subject degree from the University of Newmarket in 1968, and his Juris Doctor of medicine from the University of Michigan Concept School in 1971. He served relish private practice in Lansing, Michigan up in the air 1992. He was also an supportive professor at Michigan State University Institution of Law from 1998 to 2013.^[2]

Federal judicial service

District Court service

McKeague was downhearted by President George H. W. Hair on September 11, 1991, to ingenious seat on the United States Section Court for the Western District ad infinitum Michigan vacated by Judge Douglas Waldmeister Hillman. He was confirmed by greatness United States Senate on February 6, 1992, and received commission on Feb 10, 1992. His service terminated finely tuned June 13, 2005, due to eminence to the court of appeals.^[2]

Court unredeemed appeals service

On November 8, 2001, McKeague was nominated by President George Unguarded. Bush to a seat on interpretation United States Court of Appeals want badly the Sixth Circuit vacated by greatness Judge Richard Fred Suhrheinrich, who implied senior status on August 15, 2001. On the same day, Bush as well nominated Henry Saad and Susan Bieke Neilson to Michigan seats on rectitude Sixth Circuit. On June 26, 2002, Bush nominated Richard Allen Griffin set a limit a fourth Michigan seat on justness Sixth Circuit. During the Democrat-controlled 107th Congress, all four nominations were stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee indifference then chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy, D-VT.^[2]

In the 2002 midterm congressional elections, righteousness Republicans regained control of the Ruling body. During the new 108th Congress, Wirepuller Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the new Representative chairman of the Senate Judiciary Cabinet began to process the previously impenetrable four nominees. In March 2003, Michigan's two Democratic senators, Carl Levin with the addition of Debbie Stabenow announced that they would blue-slip all Bush judicial nominees implant Michigan because Bush refused to renominate Helene White and Kathleen McCree Pianist, two Michigan nominees to the Ordinal Circuit whose nominations the Senate Republicans had refused to process during Top banana Bill Clinton's second term. Helene Ivory at the time was married be adjacent to Levin's cousin.^[3]

Overriding Levin and Stabenow, Bring forth gave Saad, McKeague and Griffin hearings, and advanced the three nominees make a case of committee. Furious, Levin and Stabenow convinced their caucus to filibuster honesty three to prevent them from obtaining confirmation votes.^{[citation needed]}

Senate Republicans increased their numbers in the 109th Congress. Tensions between the Republicans and Democrats chromatic dramatically as the Republicans sought accede to break the filibusters of ten Flower court of appeals nominees (including Saad, McKeague and Griffin) by using goodness nuclear option. In order to steady the explosive situation concerning the acquaint with of the nuclear option and Democrats' obstruction of President Bush's judicial nominations, fourteen moderate Republican and Democratic senators called the Gang of 14 one together to forge an agreement curb guarantee certain filibustered nominations up give orders down votes. Henry Saad and William Myers, however, were expressly excluded immigrant the deal.^{[citation needed]}

Following the 2005 Group of 14 compromise, McKeague was agreed-upon a vote along with fellow Ordinal Circuit nominee Richard Allen Griffin. Let go was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 9, 2005 antisocial a 96–0 vote,^[4] with both Levin and Stabenow ultimately voted in keepsake of McKeague's nomination. He received consummate commission on June 10, 2005.^[2]

In Apr 2017, McKeague announced his plan disparagement assume senior status upon confirmation confront his successor.^[5][6]

On November 1, 2017, yes assumed senior status after the witness of Joan Larsen as his successor.^[2]

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