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The District of Columbia Judicial Nominating Commission is the judicial nominating commission of Washington D.C. It selects potential judges for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. [1]
His son, Carl S. Rauh, a Columbia University and University of Pennsylvania Law School graduate and lawyer in private practice, served as the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1980 and was nominated by President Ronald Reagan as a member of the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission in 1986. [7]
John Robert Fisher (born August 22, 1946) is a former associate judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.Prior to joining the court in 2005, Fisher was chief of the appellate division at the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia for over sixteen years.
On August 5, 2021, her nomination was reported out of committee a 13–9 vote. [9] On October 26, 2021, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–46 vote. [10] Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a 52–45 vote. [11] She received her judicial commission on November 12, 2021. [12]
On January 13, 2022, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 13–9 vote. [9] On February 1, 2022, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 55–41 vote. [10] Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a 56–42 vote. [11] He received his judicial commission on February 8, 2022. [12] He was sworn in on March 11, 2022. [13]
A judicial nominating commission (also judicial nominating committee, judicial nominating board) in the United States, is a body used by some U.S. states to recommend or select potential justices and judges for appointments by state governments.
[4] He was a candidate for chief judge in 1984 and 1988, but the District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission instead chose William C. Pryor and Judith W. Rogers, respectively. [1] Belson took senior status in 1991 and continued to hear cases until retiring from the court in 2017.
James Robertson (May 18, 1938 – September 7, 2019) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1994 until his retirement in June 2010. Robertson also served on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2002 until December 2005, when he resigned from that court in protest ...