Judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit (They will hear the appeal of NSA ruling)

www.ca6.uscourts.gov ^

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Judge - Commision Date

Chief Judge Danny J. Boggs - March 25, 1986 - REAGAN

Senior Judge Damon J. Keith - October 21, 1977 - CARTER

Senior Judge Gilbert S. Merritt - October 31, 1977 - CARTER

Senior Judge Cornelia G. Kennedy - September 26, 1979 - CARTER

Judge Boyce F. Martin, Jr. - September 26, 1979 - CARTER

Senior Judge Ralph B. Guy, Jr. - October 17, 1985 - REAGAN

Senior Judge James L. Ryan - October 17, 1985 - REAGAN

Senior Judge Alan E. Norris - July 1, 1986 - REAGAN

Senior Judge Richard F. Suhrheinrich - July 10, 1990 - BUSH 41

Senior Judge Eugene E. Siler, Jr. - September 16, 1991 - BUSH 41

Judge Alice M. Batchelder - December 2, 1991 - BUSH 41

Judge Martha Craig Daughtrey - November 22, 1993 - CLINTON

Judge Karen Nelson Moore - March 24, 1995 - CLINTON

Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr. - December 26, 1995 - CLINTON

Judge Eric L. Clay - August 1, 1997 - CLINTON

Judge Ronald Lee Gilman - November 7, 1997 - BUSH 43

Judge Julia Smith Gibbons - August 2, 2002 - BUSH 43

Judge John M. Rogers - November 27, 2002 - BUSH 43

Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton - May 5, 2003 - BUSH 43

Judge Deborah L. Cook - May 7, 2003 - BUSH 43

Judge David W. McKeague - June 10, 2005 - BUSH 43

Judge Richard Allen Griffin - June 10, 2005 - BUSH 43

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FYI

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Judge Ronald Lee Gilman - November 7, 1997 - CLINTON

not a BUSH 43 appointee.

Sorry.

[traditional1]

Not to worry....if it gets upheld (doubtful), it's going all the way to the USSC, and that's the key.

[kcrackel]

How much longer are those freakin Carter appointees going to hang around? I guess until they are carried out of there in their caskets.

[DoughtyOne]

Just be thrilled it's not the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals hearing the case.

[kcrackel]

That's very true. I think the ACLU made sure this case would be in a friendly District Court in Michigan but did they think about the Appeals Court up there that has more Republican appointees than Dems?

[Sooner1938]

I sincerely wish al qaeda would blow headquarters, aclu off the map. That'd send a message to those anti-american anal orifices.

[tobyhill]

Even a the dumbest Clinton appointed judges could see that these plaintiffs don't even have legal standing to be bringing this before the court. None of them have proof that they were targeted much less what the details of the program is.

[kesg]

According to Powerline, the 9th Circuit has already upheld the NSA position in a previous case. Every circuit that has addressed the issue has done so. So has the FISA court. The Sixth Circuit (which will hear the appeal) is one of the few that hasn't yet addressed it. That's probably why the ACLU filed the case in Detroit rather than San Francisco.

I expect that eventually SCOTUS will want to get involved. It can do so if the NSA wins on appeal, and is even more likely to do so if the court upholds today's ruling.

Unfortunately, given that five of them thinks that OBL's driver is covered by the Geneva Convention, I am not optimistic about the ultimate outcome. It will be a 5-4 decision no matter what it ultimately decides. That alone should tell you a great deal.

[BonnieJ]

How does one judge's ruling on this matter? They have way too much power.

[kesg]

It won't be just one judge on the appeal. It will be either a panel of three judges or even the entire court.

[BonnieJ]

But a single judge can bring it to this point, that seems absurd. Of course she has an agenda, appointed by that anti-American loon Carter. He probably encouraged this.

[neuron2]

That alone should tell you a great deal.

I give up. What is the great deal that it tells us?

[muawiyah]

Let's move this trial to an airplane. On the plane we have the normal crew, 3 AlQaida terrorists, this stupid judge, several members of the ACLU and 185 passengers.

The AlQaida terrorist is standing there holding a grenade ready to take the plane down and kill everybody.

The people's militia in the rear of the plane is ready to defend everyone at the risk of their lives and take control of the plane so the pilot can land it safely.

The ACLU ask the Judge to issue an instant order for the militia to cease and desist because to do otherwise might damage one of the AlQaida terrorist's rights.

So, at this point, the people's militia is faced with a real problem ~ that is, in this target rich environment, who dies first, who gets ignored, and who takes over the plane.

The situation we face in this war really isn't any different than that.

[Dems_R_Losers]

Just one ruling by one judge gives the DNC talking points for a year, gives the ACLU more material for fundraising, and gives the New York Times editorial fodder for the next decade. Just like they were desperate to hang the "indicted" label on Tom DeLay, no mater how flimsy and ridiculous the charges were, they had the desired effect of getting DeLay out of the House. They will now yammer about President Bush's "illegal wiretapping" program from now until doomsday. It's the gift that will keep on giving. And it will certainly be the first Article of Impeachment should the Democrats win the House in November.

Fortunately for us, though, we have a President who doesn't care about the Left getting a PR victory, or even about being impeached by a bunch of nutballs -- he will continue this program and protect us all as he has for the last 5 years.

Sixth Circuit Chief Judge Judge Danny Boggs will demolish this Judge Taylor and her flimsy ruling. I can hardly wait to read his opinion.

[Brilliant]

The won't even hear it until mid 2007 at earliest. In the meantime, I assume they will stay the ruling.

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for the informative post Kesg. The court selection does seem to have been somewhat preordained due to prior history. If your info is accurate, the 6th seems about the only option.

I agree that the SCOTUS will see this either way. I also have some reservations regarding it's ultimate outcome. When sitting justices are so addled that they are willing to use European rulings as precedent, look out.

Pinging you kCrackel just in case you missed this.

[kesg]

Isn't John Conyers also from Detroit? I likewise smell a big fat commie rat.

[kesg]

That even lawyers and judges disagree strenuously on what the Constitution allows or does not allow the NSA to do. The left seizes upon a single wrong legal opinion from a single liberal, Carter-appointed Judge and treats it as "fact" that the NSA program is unconstitutional. It isn't a fact. It isn't even true. This case is yet another textbook example of how the political left uses the courts to accomplish political goals that it could never achieve by persuading the voters and their elected representatives.