Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
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Start | February 9, 1893 |
The D.C. Circuit's prominence and prestige among American federal courts is second only to the U.S. Supreme Court because its geographic jurisdiction contains the U.S. Capitol and the headquarters of many of the U.S. federal government's executive departments and government agencies. |
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (in case citations, D.C. Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. It has the smallest geographical jurisdiction of any of the U.S. federal appellate courts, and covers only one district court: the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. It meets at the E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse, near Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C.
The D.C. Circuit's prominence and prestige among American federal courts is second only to the U.S. Supreme Court because its geographic jurisdiction contains the U.S. Capitol and the headquarters of many of the U.S. federal government's executive departments and government agencies, and therefore it is the main federal appellate court for many issues of American administrative law and constitutional law.[1]
Four of the nine justices on the Supreme Court as of 2022 were previously judges on the D.C. Circuit including Chief Justice John Roberts, along with associate justices Clarence Thomas, Brett Kavanaugh and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Former justices Fred M. Vinson, Wiley Blount Rutledge, Warren E. Burger, Antonin Scalia, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, also served as judges on the D.C. Circuit before their appointments to the Supreme Court.
Office Holders on Wikispooks
Name | From | To |
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John G. Roberts | 2 June 2003 | 29 September 2005 |
Merrick Garland | 1997 | 2021 |
Clarence Thomas | 12 March 1990 | 23 October 1991 |
James Buckley | 17 December 1985 | 31 August 1996 |
Laurence Silberman | 28 October 1985 | 1 November 2000 |
Kenneth Starr | 20 September 1983 | 26 May 1989 |
Antonin Scalia | 17 August 1982 | 26 September 1986 |
Robert Bork | 9 February 1982 | 5 February 1988 |
Abner Mikva | 26 September 1979 | 19 September 1994 |
Warren Burger | 29 March 1956 | 23 June 1969 |