Bridget S. Bade

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Bridget S. Bade
Bade in 2019
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Assumed office
April 1, 2019
Appointed byDonald Trump
Preceded byBarry G. Silverman
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona
In office
2012 – April 1, 2019
Personal details
Born
Bridget Anne Shelton

(1965-10-08) October 8, 1965 (age 58)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
EducationArizona State University, Tempe (BA, JD)

Bridget Anne Shelton Bade (born October 8, 1965)[1][2][3] 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.

Early life and career

Bade earned her

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

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.[4]

Federal judicial service

Magistrate judge tenure

Bade 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.[4]

Court of appeals service

On 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.[4][5] 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.[6]

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.[7] Her nomination was sent to the Senate later that day.[8] On February 7, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–5 vote.[9] On March 25, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 77–20 vote.[10] On March 26, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a 78–21 vote.[11] She received her judicial commission on April 1, 2019.[12]

In September 2020, President Trump included Bade on his list of potential nominees to the

U.S. Supreme Court.[13]

Notable rulings

On March 30, 2021, Bade and

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.[14]

See also

References

  1. ISBN 9781561602223
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  2. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Bridget Shelton Bade
  3. ^ Hubbell, p. AZ162B
  4. ^
    National Archives. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
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  5. ^ "PN2449 — Bridget S. Bade — The Judiciary". United States Senate. August 27, 2018. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  6. ^ United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for October 24, 2018
  7. ^ "President Donald J. Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Judicial Nominees", White House, January 23, 2019
  8. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 23, 2019
  9. ^ Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 7, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ Bridget S. Bade at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Newsom's restrictions on private gatherings pass court's muster". San Francisco Chronicle. March 30, 2021.

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2019–present 		Incumbent
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