Edith Clement
2018 - Present
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Edith Brown Clement is a federal judge on senior status on the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. She joined the court in 2001 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. She assumed senior status on May 14, 2018.[1]
Early life and education
Clement graduated from the University of Alabama with her bachelor's degree in 1969 and from Tulane University Law School with her J.D. in 1972.[1]
Professional career
- 1975-1991: Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1973-1975: Law clerk, Hon. Herbert Christenberry, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Edith Brown Clement |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 188 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: May 9, 2001
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| ABA Rating: Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified (with one abstention)
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: October 4, 2001
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| Hearing Transcript: Hearing Transcript |
| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: November 1, 2001
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| Confirmed: November 13, 2001
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| Vote: 99-0
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 Returned: August 3, 2001
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Clement was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated by Judge John Duhe. The American Bar Association rated Clement Substantial Majority Well Qualified, Minority Qualified with one committee member abstaining.[2] Under Rule XXXI, paragraph six of the standing rules of the U.S. Senate, Clement's nomination was returned to the president on August 3, 2001. President Bush resubmitted Clement's nomination on September 4, 2001. Hearings on Clement's nomination were held before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary on October 4, 2001, and her nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) on November 1, 2001. Clement was confirmed on a recorded 99-0 vote of the U.S. Senate on November 13, 2001, and she received her commission on November 26, 2001. She assumed senior status on May 14, 2018.[1][3][4]
Eastern District of Louisiana
Clement was nominated to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana by President George H.W. Bush on October 1, 1991, to a seat vacated by Judge Charles Schwartz, Jr. The American Bar Association rated Clement Unanimously Qualified for the nomination.[5] Hearings on Clement's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 14, 1991, and her nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on November 21, 1991. Clement was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the United States Senate on November 21, 1991, and she received her commission on November 25, 1991. Clement briefly served as the chief judge of the court in 2001 before resigning from the district court on November 27, 2001, upon her elevation to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.[1][6] Clement was succeeded in this position by Judge Lance Africk.
Noteworthy cases
Parents permitted to intervene in school voucher desegregation suit (2014)
- See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (Brumfield, et al v. Dodd, 13-31262)
- See also: United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (Brumfield, et al v. Dodd, 13-31262)
On April 10, 2014, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit composed of Judges Clement, Grady Jolly, and Jerry Smith, ruled that parents would be permitted to intervene in a suit filed against Louisiana's Superintendent of Public Education by the Department of Justice to ensure its school-voucher program was in compliance with federal desegregation orders.[7]
In the underlying case, the U.S. government filed suit for an injunction, demanding that the state's voucher program not be used to send students in failing schools under federal desegregation orders to private schools as doing so would "cause irreparable injury to the court-ordered desegregation process." The parents were previously denied the opportunity to intervene, but Judge Smith, writing for the majority, noted that the children's guardians need only show the possibility that their interests would be affected by the case's resolution.[7] In concluding the ruling, Smith quipped:
| " | It would indeed be a questionable rule that would require prospective intervenors to wait on the sidelines until after a court has already decided enough issues contrary to their interests.[7][8] | ” |
See also
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Federal Judicial Center, "Clement, Edith Brown," accessed July 30, 2018
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 107th Congress," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 396 — Edith Brown Clement — The Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 396 — Edith Brown Clement — The Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 102nd Congress," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 665 — Edith Brown Clement — The Judiciary," accessed September 12, 2016
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Courthouse News Service, "Parents May Intervene in School Voucher Fracas," April 14, 2014
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Charles Schwartz |
Eastern District of Louisiana 1991–2001 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Lance Africk |
| Preceded by: John Duhe |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 2001–2018 |
Succeeded by: Kurt Engelhardt
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Nannette Jolivette Brown • Greg Guidry • Jay Zainey • Lance Africk • Jane Triche-Milazzo • Susie Morgan • Barry Ashe • Wendy Vitter • Darrel Papillion • Brandon Long (Louisiana) | ||
| Senior judges |
Helen Berrigan • Sarah Vance (Louisiana) • Eldon Fallon • Mary Ann Lemmon • Ivan Lemelle • Carl Barbier • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Karen Wells Roby • Michael B. North • Janis van Meerveld • Donna Phillips Currault • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Thomas Porteous • John Dick • Thomas Bolling Robertson • Samuel Hadden Harper • Philip Kissick Lawrence • Theodore Howard McCaleb • Edward Henry Durell • Edward Coke Billings • Edith Clement • Alvin Rubin • Charles Parlange • Rufus Edward Foster • Eugene Davis Saunders • Martin Feldman • Frederick Heebe • A.J. McNamara • Kurt Engelhardt • Charles Schwartz • Peter Beer • Marcel Livaudais • Charlton Reid Beattie • Wayne Borah • Louis Henry Burns • Robert Ainsworth • George Arceneaux • Edward Boyle • Adrian Caillouet • Patrick Carr (Louisiana) • Fred Cassibry • Herbert Christenberry • Robert Collins • James Comiskey • Adrian Duplantier • Frank Ellis • Jack M. Gordon • Okla Jones • Henry Mentz • Lansing Mitchell • Morey Sear • Elmer West • Roger West (Louisiana) • Veronica Wicker • James Wright (Louisiana) • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Edith Clement • Helen Berrigan • Sarah Vance (Louisiana) • Frederick Heebe • A.J. McNamara • Herbert Christenberry • Morey Sear • Elmer West • | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gregory • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Moses • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
