Allison Jones Rushing
2019 - Present
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Allison Jones Rushing is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit. On August 27, 2018, President Donald Trump (R) nominated Rushing to a seat on this court.[1] The U.S. Senate confirmed Rushing on March 5, 2019, on a recorded vote of 53-44.[2] She received commission on March 21, 2019.[3] To see a full list of judges appointed by President Trump, click here.
The United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit is one of 13 U.S. courts of appeal. They are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal courts. To learn more about the court, click here.
At the time of her confirmation, Rushing was one of four judges on the 15-member court appointed by Donald Trump (R). The other judges on the court were appointed by Ronald Reagan (R) (one judge), George H.W. Bush (R) (one judge), George W. Bush (R) (three judges), Bill Clinton (D) (two judges), and Barack Obama (D) (six judges). The court had no vacant seats.
At the time of her judicial confirmation, Rushing was a partner with Williams and Connolly LLP in North Carolina.
Rushing was included on President Donald Trump’s (R) list of 20 potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees released on September 9, 2020.[4] President Trump (R) nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the seat on September 26, 2020. For more information on the 2020 Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of former Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020, click here.
Judicial nominations and appointments
United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit (2019-present)
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump
Rushing was nominated to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit by Donald Trump (R) on August 27, 2018. The U.S. Senate confirmed Rushing on March 5, 2019, on a recorded vote of 53-44.[1][2] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Allison Jones Rushing |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 190 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: August 27, 2018
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| ABA Rating: Substantial Majority Qualified/Minority Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: Questionnaire |
| Hearing: October 17, 2018
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: February 7, 2019
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| Confirmed: March 5, 2019
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| Vote: 53 - 44
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Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Rushing on March 5, 2019, on a vote of 53-44.[2] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.
| Allison Jones Rushing confirmation vote (March 5, 2019) | |||||||||
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| Party | Yea | Nay | No vote | ||||||
 Democratic |
0 | 43 | 2 | ||||||
 Republican |
53 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
 Independent |
0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 53 | 44 | 3 | ||||||
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
The Senate Judiciary Committee held hearings on Rushing's nomination October 17, 2018.[2]
The Senate Judiciary Committee favorably reported Rushing's nomination on February 7, 2019. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) reported the nomination.[5]
Nomination
On August 27, 2018, President Donald Trump (R) nominated Rushing to the United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit to succeed Judge Allyson Duncan, who assumed senior status on March 5, 2019.[1]
The American Bar Association rated Rushing qualified by a substantial majority and well qualified by a minority.[6] To read more about ABA ratings, click here.
At the sine die adjournment of the 115th Congress on January 3, 2019, the Senate returned Rushing's nomination to President Trump.[7] Rushing was one of 51 individuals the president re-nominated on January 23, 2019.[8]
Education
Rushing earned a B.A., summa cum laude, from Wake Forest University in 2004 and a J.D., magna cum laude, from Duke University School of Law in 2007. During her legal studies, she served as executive editor of the Duke Law Journal.[1][3]
Professional career
- 2019-present: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
- 2011-2019: Attorney, Private practice
- 2010-2011: Law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court of the United States
- 2009-2010: Attorney, Private practice
- 2008-2009: Law clerk to then-Chief Judge David Sentelle on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- 2007-2008: Law clerk to the Hon. Neil Gorsuch. At that time, Gorsuch was a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit[1][3]
Possible Donald Trump nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court
2020
- See also: Supreme Court vacancy, 2020
On September 18, 2020, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, leaving a vacancy on the Supreme Court. The following day, President Donald Trump (R) said he would nominate a woman to replace Ginsburg.[9] On September 26, 2020, President Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to fill the vacancy.[10]
Rushing was among the women President Trump had previously identified as a potential Supreme Court nominee before nominating Amy Coney Barrett. President Trump released four lists of potential U.S. Supreme Court nominees; two in 2016, one in 2017, and one in 2020. Click here for more information on the vacancy and nomination process.
About the court
| Fourth Circuit |
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| Court of Appeals |
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| Judgeships |
| Posts: 15 |
| Judges: 15 |
| Vacancies: 0 |
| Judges |
| Chief: Albert Diaz |
| Active judges: Steven Agee, DeAndrea G. Benjamin, Nicole Berner, Albert Diaz, Roger Gregory, Pamela Harris, Toby Heytens, Allison Jones Rushing, Robert King, Paul Niemeyer, A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr., Julius Richardson, Stephanie Thacker, J. Harvie Wilkinson, James Wynn Senior judges: |
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal appellate court with appellate jurisdiction. It hears appeals from all of the circuit courts within its jurisdiction and its rulings may be appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
Appeals are heard in the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Federal Courthouse in Richmond, Virginia. The 4th Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over cases heard in one of its subsidiary districts. These cases can include civil and criminal matters that fall under federal law.
The court hears appeals from the United States district courts in:
To read opinions published by this court, click here.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
- White House press release nominating Rushing
- Rushing nomination tracker from Congress.gov
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The White House, "President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventeenth Wave of Judicial Nominees," August 27, 2018
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Congress.gov, "PN251 — Allison Jones Rushing — The Judiciary," accessed February 8, 2019 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "congress" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Rushing, Allison Jones," accessed March 7, 2019
- ↑ White House, "Additions to President Donald J. Trump’s Supreme Court List," September 9, 2020
- ↑ Congress.Gov, "PN251 — Allison Jones Rushing — The Judiciary," accessed September 21, 2020
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III and Article IV judicial nominees, 115th Congress," accessed October 29, 2018
- ↑ Under Senate Rule XXXI, paragraph 6 of the Standing Rules of the Senate, pending nominations are returned to the president if the Senate adjourns sine die or recesses for more than 30 days. Congressional Research Service, "Senate Consideration of Presidential Nominations: Committee and Floor Procedure," April 11, 2017
- ↑ WhiteHouse.gov, "Nominations Sent to the Senate," January 23, 2019
- ↑ The Hill, "Trump expects to nominate woman to replace Ginsburg next week," September 19, 2020
- ↑ ‘’CNN’’, “Trump to announce Supreme Court nominee,” September 26, 2020
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United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit 2019-Present |
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| 2018 |
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| 2019 |
Eric Miller • Chad Readler • Eric Murphy • Neomi Rao • Paul Matey • Allison Jones Rushing • Bridget S. Bade • Roy Altman • Patrick Wyrick • Holly Brady • David Morales • Andrew Brasher • J. Campbell Barker • Rodolfo Ruiz • Daniel Domenico • Michael Truncale • Michael Park • Joseph Bianco • Raúl Arias-Marxuach • Daniel Collins • Joshua Wolson • Wendy Vitter • Kenneth Kiyul Lee • Kenneth Bell • Stephen Clark • Howard Nielson • Rodney Smith • Jean-Paul Boulee • Sarah Daggett Morrison • Rossie Alston • Pamela A. Barker • Corey Maze • Greg Guidry • Matthew Kacsmaryk • Allen Winsor • Carl Nichols • James Cain, Jr. • Tom Barber • J. Nicholas Ranjan • Clifton L. Corker • Peter Phipps • Daniel Bress • Damon Leichty • Wendy W. Berger • Peter Welte • Michael Liburdi • William Shaw Stickman • Mark Pittman • Karin J. Immergut • Jason Pulliam • Brantley Starr • Brian Buescher • James Wesley Hendrix • Timothy Reif • Martha Pacold • Sean Jordan • Mary Rowland • John M. Younge • Jeff Brown • Ada Brown • Steven Grimberg • Stephanie A. Gallagher • Steven Seeger • Stephanie Haines • Mary McElroy • David J. Novak • Frank W. Volk • Charles Eskridge • Rachel Kovner • Justin Walker • T. Kent Wetherell • Danielle Hunsaker • Lee Rudofsky • Jennifer Philpott Wilson • William Nardini • Steven Menashi • Robert J. Luck • Eric Komitee • Douglas Cole • John Sinatra • Sarah Pitlyk • Barbara Lagoa • Richard Myers II • Sherri Lydon • Patrick Bumatay • R. Austin Huffaker • Miller Baker • Anuraag Singhal • Karen Marston • Jodi Dishman • Mary Kay Vyskocil • Matthew McFarland • John Gallagher • Bernard Jones • Kea Riggs • Robert J. Colville • Stephanie Dawkins Davis • Gary R. Brown • David Barlow • Lewis Liman | ||
| 2020 |
Lawrence VanDyke • Daniel Traynor • John Kness • Joshua Kindred • Philip Halpern • Silvia Carreno-Coll • Scott Rash • John Heil • Anna Manasco • John L. Badalamenti • Drew Tipton • Andrew Brasher • Cory Wilson • Scott Hardy • David Joseph • Matthew Schelp • John Cronan • Justin Walker • Brett H. Ludwig • Christy Wiegand • Thomas Cullen • Diane Gujarati • Stanley Blumenfeld • Mark Scarsi • John Holcomb • Stephen P. McGlynn • Todd Robinson • Hala Jarbou • David Dugan • Iain D. Johnston • Franklin U. Valderrama • John Hinderaker • Roderick Young • Michael Newman • Aileen Cannon • James Knepp • Kathryn Kimball Mizelle • Benjamin Beaton • Kristi Johnson • Toby Crouse • Philip Calabrese • Taylor McNeel • Thomas Kirsch • Stephen Vaden • Katherine Crytzer • Fernando Aenlle-Rocha • Charles Atchley • Joseph Dawson | ||
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of North Carolina, Middle District of North Carolina, Western District of North Carolina
State courts:
Supreme Court of North Carolina • North Carolina Court of Appeals • North Carolina Superior Courts • North Carolina District Courts
State resources:
Courts in North Carolina • North Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in North Carolina
