Bridget Anne Shelton Bade (born October 8, 1965)[2][3][4] is an American lawyer and jurist from Arizona. She is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She was formerly a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Bridget S. Bade | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Assumed office April 1, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Barry G. Silverman |
| Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona | |
| In office June 18, 2012[1] – April 1, 2019 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bridget Anne Shelton October 8, 1965 Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Education | Arizona State University, Tempe (BA, JD) |
Early life and career
editBade earned her Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from the Arizona State University in 1987, and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from its Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law in 1989. She served as an articles editor of the Arizona State Law Journal.
After graduating from law school, Bade clerked for Judge Edith Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1990 to 1991. Bade served for four years as a trial attorney in the Environmental Torts Section of the United States Department of Justice Civil Division from 1991 to 1995. She was later a shareholder at Beshears Wallwork Bellamy in Phoenix, Arizona, where her practice focused on civil litigation. Bade then spent a year as special counsel in the Phoenix, Arizona office of Steptoe & Johnson. Following her years in private practice, Bade was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Arizona for six years from 2006 to 2012.[5]
Federal judicial service
editMagistrate judge tenure
editBade served as a United States magistrate judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, a position she was appointed to in 2012, and left in 2019 when she became a circuit judge.[5]
Court of appeals service
editOn August 27, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Bade to serve as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[5][6] She was nominated to the seat vacated by Barry G. Silverman, who assumed senior status on October 11, 2016. On October 24, 2018, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[7]
On January 3, 2019, her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Bade for a federal judgeship.[8] Her nomination was sent to the Senate later that day.[9] On February 7, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–5 vote.[10] On March 25, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 77–20 vote.[11] On March 26, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a 78–21 vote.[12] She received her judicial commission on April 1, 2019.[13]
In September 2020, President Trump included Bade on his list of potential nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court.[14]
Notable rulings
editOn March 30, 2021, Bade and Milan Smith held in a 2-1 ruling that California Governor Gavin Newsom's restrictions on private gatherings, which limit indoor and outdoor gatherings to three households at a time, are constitutional. A Bible study group had sued Newsom on account of religious discrimination, but the majority held that religious gatherings were not being treated any differently than non-religious gatherings.[15]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "United States Court for the Ninth Circuit - 2012 Annual Report" (PDF).
- ^ Hubbell, Martindale (April 1997). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. Martindale-Hubbell. p. AZ162B. ISBN 9781561602223.
- ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Bridget Shelton Bade
- ^ Hubbell, p. AZ162B
- ^ a b c "President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventeenth Wave of Judicial Nominees". whitehouse.gov. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018 – via National Archives.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ "PN2449 — Bridget S. Bade — The Judiciary". United States Senate. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
- ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for October 24, 2018
- ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees", White House, January 23, 2019
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 23, 2019
- ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 7, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
- ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Bridget S. Bade, of Arizona, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)". United States Senate. March 25, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2019.
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Bridget S. Bade, of Arizona, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit)". United States Senate. March 26, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ Bridget S. Bade at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ Castaneda Perez, Jose-Ignacio (September 11, 2020). "Who is Bridget Bade, the Phoenix native on Trump's list of potential Supreme Court picks?". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Newsom's restrictions on private gatherings pass court's muster". San Francisco Chronicle. March 30, 2021.
External links
edit- Bridget S. Bade at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Bridget S. Bade at Ballotpedia