Dec 13, 2017 · “Afterward, he went across the street to clerk for Associate Justice Clarence Thomas. After his distinguished and successful legal career in Washington, Mr. Ho returned to Texas, joining a top law firm and specializing in appellate litigation. He then served as the Solicitor General of Texas, succeeding our colleague, Senator Cruz.
He also worked at the Office of Legal Counsel, advising White House and other senior officials on constitutional and other complex legal issues. In addition, he served as a law clerk for Judge Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and Justice Clarence Thomas of the U.S. Supreme Court. Before law school, he was a ...
James Ho, a well-respected Dallas attorney and former state solicitor general, was confirmed Thursday to the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. He joins Don …
Oct 25, 2019 · The first installment is about James Ho, a reactionary who joined the federal appellate bench in 2018. The Judge: James Ho of the 5 th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Ho was confirmed to a lifetime ...
Allison Shelley for The Texas Tribune. Confirmed with a 53 - 43 vote Thursday in the U.S. Senate, former Texas Solicitor General James Ho now has a seat on the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals.
During his confirmation hearing last month, Ho faced questions about his contributions to the the infamous 2002 “Bybee memo,” a product of then-President George W. Bush's administration that authorized the use of torture against certain detainees.
At an unusually rapid clip, Trump has so far successfully appointed two Supreme Court justices, 43 appeals court judges, and 110 district court judges during his presidency. Trump judges tend to be different than appointees by past presidents of both parties.
In his dying moments, Gabriel staggered into his nearby backyard. His father, Henry, attempted to save him when the officers barged into the yard and tried to handcuff both men. When Gabriel resisted, they used a stun gun on him. He promptly died.
The shooter in Dayton, Ohio, killed nine people and wounded 27 in just 32 seconds. The police responded almost immediately but could not halt the carnage quickly enough. That’s because the shooter had an AR-15 style assault rifle and a 100-round drum magazine, both of which he purchased legally.
There is one major issue on which he might diverge from the president: birthright citizenship. Ho has acknowledged that the 14 th Amendment guarantee s American citizenship to those born on U.S. soil. Trump, by contrast, denies this fact and has sought a way around it. The Vote: Ho was confirmed by a vote of 53–43.
Rao replaced Brett Kavanaugh, who despite extensive controversy during his confirmation hearing is now on the US supreme court. Her professional path has similarities to Ho. She was a law clerk for Thomas and worked as counsel for nominations and constitutional law to the US Senate committee on the judiciary.
He has also complained that the US constitution’s second amendment, which permits an individual to “keep and bear arms”, has been treated as a “second class right”, NPR reported him saying in legal writings. James Ho.
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In 1990, President George H. W. Bush nominated Thomas to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He served in that role for 16 months before filling Marshall's seat on the Supreme Court.
When Associate Justice William Brennan retired from the Supreme Court in July 1990, Thomas was Bush's favorite among the five candidates on his shortlist for the position. But after consulting his advisors, Bush nominated David Souter of the First Circuit Court of Appeals. A year later, Justice Thurgood Marshall, the only African-American justice on the Court, announced his retirement, and Bush nominated Thomas to replace him. In announcing his selection on July 1, 1991, Bush called Thomas "best qualified at this time".
United States portal. v. t. e. Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American lawyer who serves as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Thurgood Marshall, and has served since 1991. Thomas is the second African-American to serve on the Court, after Marshall.
Supreme Court experts describe Thomas's jurisprudence as textualist, stressing the original meaning of the United States Constitution and statutes. He is also, along with fellow justice Neil Gorsuch, an advocate of natural law. Many writers view Thomas as the Court's most conservative member.
Thomas was born in 1948 in Pin Point, Georgia, a small, predominantly black community near Savannah founded by freedmen after the Civil War. He was the second of three children born to M. C. Thomas, a farm worker, and Leola "Pigeon" Williams, a domestic worker. They were descendants of American slaves, and the family spoke Gullah as a first language. Thomas's earliest known ancestors were slaves named Sandy and Peggy, who were born in the late 18th century and owned by wealthy planter Josiah Wilson of Liberty County, Georgia. Thomas's father left the family when Thomas was two years old. Though Thomas's mother worked hard, she was sometimes paid only pennies per day and struggled to earn enough money to feed the family, and was sometimes forced to rely on charity. After a house fire left them homeless, Thomas and his younger brother Myers were taken to live in Savannah with his maternal grandparents, Myers and Christine ( née Hargrove) Anderson.
In all, Thomas received the votes of 41 Republicans and 11 Democrats, while 46 Democrats and two Republicans voted to reject his nomination.
From when he joined the Court in 1991 through the end of the 2019 term, Thomas had written 693 opinions, not including opinions relating to orders or the "shadow docket". These 693 opinions consist of 223 majority opinions, 226 concurrences, 214 dissents, and 30 "split" opinions.