Bridget Bade | |
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| Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | |
| Assumed office April 1, 2019 | |
| Appointed by | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Barry G. Silverman |
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| Born | Bridget Anne Shelton 1965 (age 60–61) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. |
| Education | Arizona State University, Tempe (BA,JD) |
Bridget Anne Shelton Bade (born 1965)[1][2][3] is an American lawyer and jurist fromArizona. She is aUnited States circuit judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She was formerly aUnited States magistrate judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Bade earned herBachelor of Arts,summa cum laude, from theArizona State University in 1987, and herJuris Doctor,cum laude, from itsSandra Day O'Connor College of Law in 1989. She served as an articles editor of theArizona State Law Journal.
After graduating from law school, Bade clerked for JudgeEdith Jones of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1990 to 1991. Bade served for four years as a trial attorney in the Environmental Torts Section of theUnited States Department of Justice Civil Division from 1991 to 1995. She was later ashareholder at Beshears Wallwork Bellamy inPhoenix, Arizona, where her practice focused oncivil litigation. Bade then spent a year as special counsel in thePhoenix, Arizona office ofSteptoe & Johnson. Following her years in private practice, Bade was anAssistant United States Attorney for theDistrict of Arizona for six years from 2006 to 2012.[4]
Bade served as aUnited States magistrate judge of theUnited States District Court for the District of Arizona, a position she was appointed to in 2012, and left in 2019 when she became a circuit judge.[4][5]
On August 27, 2018, PresidentDonald Trump nominated Bade to serve as a United States circuit judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.[4][6] She was nominated to the seat vacated byBarry G. Silverman, who assumed senior status on October 11, 2016. On October 24, 2018, a hearing on her nomination was held before theSenate Judiciary Committee.[7]
On January 3, 2019, her nomination was returned to the president underRule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of theUnited States Senate. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Bade for a federal judgeship.[8] Her nomination was sent to the Senate later that day.[9] On February 7, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–5 vote.[10] On March 25, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 77–20 vote.[11] On March 26, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a 78–21 vote.[12] She received her judicial commission on April 1, 2019.[13]
In September 2020, President Trump included Bade on his list of potential nominees to theU.S. Supreme Court.[14]
On March 30, 2021, Bade andMilan Smith held in a 2-1 ruling thatCalifornia GovernorGavin Newsom's restrictions on private gatherings, which limit indoor and outdoor gatherings to three households at a time, are constitutional. ABible study group had sued Newsom on account of religious discrimination, but the majority held that religious gatherings were not being treated any differently than non-religious gatherings.[15]
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| Preceded by | Judge of theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2019–present | Incumbent |