Ronnie L. White

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Ronnie L. White
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Assumed office
July 17, 2014
Appointed byBarack Obama
Preceded byJean Constance Hamilton
Chief Justice of Missouri
In office
July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2005
Preceded byStephen N. Limbaugh Jr.
Succeeded byMichael A. Wolff
Judge of the Supreme Court of Missouri
In office
October 1995 – July 6, 2007
Appointed byMel Carnahan
Preceded byElwood L. Thomas
Succeeded byPatricia Breckenridge
Personal details
Born (1953-05-31) May 31, 1953 (age 70)
AA)
Saint Louis University (BA)
University of Missouri–Kansas City (JD
)

Ronnie Lee White (born May 31, 1953) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri and a former Missouri Supreme Court judge.

Education and legal career

White received an

African-American Chief Justice from 2003 to 2005.[1] White retired from the court on July 6, 2007, and was succeeded by Judge Patricia Breckenridge.[2]

First nomination to federal district court

In 1997, President Bill Clinton nominated White for a United States district court seat. White's nomination passed the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, but ran into resistance from then-Senator John Ashcroft in 1999. Ashcroft claimed White was "pro-criminal" due to White's opinions in death penalty cases before the Supreme Court and cited opposition from Missouri police associations that were later discovered to be all-white.[3] Carnahan and other Democrats criticized Republican opposition to the nomination, and it quickly became embroiled with racial overtones and an issue in the United States Senate election in Missouri the following year.[4] On October 5, 1999, the United States Senate rejected White's nomination by a 45–54 vote.[5] Ashcroft's opposition to White hurt him both in the 2000 Senate election, which he narrowly lost for a variety of reasons, and during his confirmation hearings when he was appointed United States Attorney General in 2001.

Second nomination to federal district court

On November 7, 2013, President

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed a motion to invoke cloture on the nomination. On July 16, 2014, the United States Senate invoked cloture on White's nomination by a 54–43 vote.[9] Later that day, his nomination was confirmed by a 53–44 vote.[10] He received his judicial commission on July 17, 2014.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "New Chief Justice of Missouri Supreme Court". Jet. July 14, 2003. Archived September 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Ronnie L. White at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  3. Washington Post
    . October 23, 1999.
  4. Washington Post
    . October 7, 1999.
  5. ^ "On the Nomination (Ronnie L. White, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge)". Retrieved 2013-11-07.
  6. National Archives
    .
  7. ^ "May 20, 2014: Judicial Nominations". United States Senate. 20 May 2014.
  8. ^ "Executive Business Meeting" (PDF). United States Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved 19 June 2014.
  9. ^ On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Ronnie L. White, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri)
  10. ^ On the Nomination (Confirmation Ronnie L. White, of Missouri, to be U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri)

External links

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