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Morales received a Bachelor of Business Administration from St. Edward's University and a Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University School of Law.After law school, Morales joined the Texas Attorney General's Office and worked there for 17 years, eventually being promoted to Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation and Deputy First Assistant Attorney General.
Due to the unpredictability of such circumstances, deaths of judges in active service are more likely to lead to judicial appointment controversies (where one party resists the confirmation of a judge appointed by a president of the other party); such deaths occasionally change the structure of the court itself, as legislators may seek to avoid changing the balance of a particular court by ...
From 1819 to 1836, the highest court in the Arkansas Territory was the Superior Court, which consisted of presidentially-appointed judges who served four-year terms. The court was established with three judges, with a fourth added in 1828. [2] Below is a list of the judges that constituted that court: [3] [4]
He was appointed to the court by Governor Sam Brownback on April 15, 2011. He was officially sworn in on June 3, 2011. [2] Bruns was retained in office by the voters of Kansas in the 2012 and 2016 general elections. Since joining the appellate court in June 2011, Judge Bruns has authored more than 500 opinions. [1]
Curtis Grover Shake (July 14, 1887 – September 11, 1978), was a jurist, politician, author, and a member of the Indiana Senate who served as a Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court from January 4, 1938 to January 7, 1945, serving as Chief Justice three separate times (1939, 1941, and 1944).
After U.S. Rep. Howard H. Baker Sr. died while in office, John Duncan considered seeking the seat but the momentum built for Baker’s widow to be appointed for the rest of the term. Instead John ...
Bazelon served as Chief Judge from October 9, 1962 to March 27, 1978. [9] [10] He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1963 to 1977. [1] He assumed senior status on June 30, 1979. [1] He was the last appeals court judge remaining in active service appointed by President Truman.
A judge told the parents of 27-year-old Ellen Greenberg, a Philadelphia teacher found dead with 20 stab wounds in 2011, that the city's declaration of suicide was "puzzling."