Nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
ABA Rating: “Qualified“
Nominated three times by President George W. Bush
Last nomination withdrawn March 27, 2006 due to Democrat filibuster
- Wayne State University, B.S.B.A. 1971
- Wayne State University Law School, J.D. 1974
- Private pratice, Detroit, Michigan, 1974-81, 2018-present
- Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Detroir Mercy School of Law, 1976-present
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School, 1977-2003
- Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals, 1994-2018
Democrats who opposed his confirmation:
Akaka (D-HI), Baucus (D-MT), Bayh (D-IN), Biden (D-DE), Bingaman (D-NM), Boxer (D-CA), Breaux (D-LA), Byrd (D-WV), Cantwell (D-WA), Carper (D-DE), Clinton (D-NY), Conrad (D-ND), Corzine (D-NJ), Daschle (D-SD), Dayton (D-MN), Dodd (D-CT), Dorgan (D-ND), Durbin (D-IL), Feingold (D-WI), Feinstein (D-CA), Graham (D-FL), Harkin (D-IA), Hollings (D-SC), Inouye (D-HI), Jeffords (I-VT), Johnson (D-SD), Kennedy (D-MA), Kohl (D-WI), Landrieu (D-LA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI), Lieberman (D-CT), Lincoln (D-AR), Mikulski (D-MD), Murray (D-WA), Nelson (D-FL), Nelson (D-NE), Pryor (D-AR), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Rockefeller (D-WV), Sarbanes (D-MD), Schumer (D-NY), Stabenow (D-MI), Wyden (D-OR)