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Henry William Saad (born June 1948, in

Detroit, Michigan)[1] is a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals and a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.[1]

Background

Judge Saad received his bachelor's degree from

Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, where he practiced law for twenty years.[1] He was also an arbitrator for the Michigan Employment Relations Commission and a hearing referee for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights
.

On October 2, 1992, President

102nd Congress
failed to give him a hearing and let his nomination lapse.

Saad was appointed to the Michigan Court of Appeals in 1994, was elected for a six-year term in 1996, and was re-elected to a six-year term in 2002.

Sixth Circuit nomination under Bush

On November 8, 2001, Saad was nominated by President

Senate Judiciary Committee by then chairman, Senator Patrick Leahy
, D-VT.

In the 2002 midterm congressional elections, the

Senate Judiciary Committee began to process the previously blocked four nominees. In March 2003, Michigan's two Democratic senators, Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, announced that they would blue-slip all Bush judicial nominees from Michigan because Bush refused to renominate Helene White and Kathleen McCree Lewis, two liberal Michigan nominees, to the Sixth Circuit, whose nominations the Senate Republicans had refused to process during President Bill Clinton's second term. Helene White at the time was married to Levin's cousin.[2]

Contrary to Levin's and Stabenow's wishes, Hatch gave Saad, McKeague and Griffin committee hearings, and passed the three nominees out of committee. Angered, Levin and Stabenow convinced their caucus to filibuster the three in order to prevent them from having confirmation votes.

The Senate Republicans increased their numbers in the

Valerie Plame affair within the Bush administration.[3]

In order to defuse the increasingly hostile

abusing the system and undermining the constitutional process. Perhaps some day she will pay the price for her misconduct." Stabenow became aware of the e-mail when Saad accidentally sent it not only to the supporter but also to Stabenow's office.[4]

On March 23, 2006, with no hope of a confirmation vote, Saad withdrew his nomination. His 2001-2006 nomination is one of the longest nominations never acted upon by the Senate. His nomination was later replaced by that of

Sixth Circuit
.

Current life

In November 2007, the Michigan Supreme Court appointed Judge Saad to a two-year term as chief judge of the Court of Appeals beginning January 1, 2008.[5]

He is an adjunct professor at the

Detroit Public Television, the American Heart Association
and Brother Rice High School.

Saad's wife, attorney Mara Letica Saad, was nominated by President George H. W. Bush in 1992 to be ambassador to Croatia. The nomination came late in Bush's presidency, however, and never was acted upon by the United States Senate before Bush's presidency ended. President Bill Clinton chose not to renominate her.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Resume Archived 2008-07-25 at the Wayback Machine at US Dept of Justice website
  2. ^ "Byron York on Bush Judges & Senate on National Review Online". National Review. Archived from the original on 2008-07-25. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  3. ^ "Byron York on Harry Reid & Judges on National Review Online". National Review. Archived from the original on 2008-10-29. Retrieved 2008-10-18.
  4. ^ Harry Reid Steps Over the Line — Again Archived 2008-02-08 at the Wayback Machine from National Review
  5. ^ http://courts.mi.gov/supremecourt/Resources/Administrative/2007-01-CJ-Order.PDF[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Topics of The Times; Destructive Diplomacy". The New York Times. November 2, 1992. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  7. ^ "Most Influential Women - Mara Letica Saad - Crain's Detroit Business".

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