Arthur Raymond Randolph

Arthur Raymond Randolph

Arthur Raymond Randolph (born November 1, 1943) is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Biography

Randolph was born in Riverside, New Jersey. [ [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=1964 Judges of the United States Courts ] ]

He earned a B.S. from Drexel University in 1966, majoring in economics and basic engineering. At Drexel, he was president of the debate society, vice president of the Student Senate, and a member of the varsity wrestling squad. In 1969, he received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, "summa cum laude". Judge Randolph ranked first in his law school class and was managing editor of the Law Review.

Judge Randolph then clerked for 2nd Circuit Judge Henry Friendly, which began a career in law in Washington, D.C., moving between private practice, government, and academia.

He started as the Assistant to the United States Solicitor General for three years, went into to private practice briefly, and returned as the Deputy U.S. Solicitor General from 1975 to 1977. He also taught at Georgetown University Law Center from 1974 to 1978. In 1979, Judge Randolph was appointed Special Counsel to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (the Ethics Committee) of the United States House of Representatives, remaining in this position until 1980. He then stayed in private practice, becoming a partner at Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, until he moved to the bench in 1990. He held a number of positions while in private practice, including Special Assistant Attorney General for the states of New Mexico (1985-90), Utah (1986-1990) and Montana (1983-1990). He also served as a Member of the Advisory Panel of the Federal Courts Study Committee. From 1971-1990, Judge Randolph argued 25 times in the United States Supreme Court. President George H.W. Bush nominated him to replace the seat vacated by Spottswood William Robinson III.

From 1993 through 1995 Judge Randolph was a member of the Committee on Codes of Conduct of the Judicial Conference of the United States, and from 1995 to 1998 served as the Committee's chairman.

Judge Randolph announced that he will take senior status effective November 1, 2008.

Judge Randolph is married to the Honorable Eileen J. O’Connor, Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice. His son John Trevor Randolph is an investment banker in New York. His daughter Cynthia Lee Randolph is an artist living in Michigan.

Notable Cases

Guantanamo Bay

Al Odah v. United States was the first appeal before the D.C. Circuit challenging the Bush Administration's policies regarding detention of suspected terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. In Al Odah, Judge Randolph wrote for a unanimous majority that the detainees at Guantanamo Bay did not have rights under the United States Constitution. That decision was reversed by the Supreme Court in "Rasul v. Bush". The United States Congress subsequently passed the Detainee Treatment Act, which was intended to reverse the effect of the Supreme Court's decision in Rasul.

Judge Randolph also wrote the majority opinion for the D.C. Circuit in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld. Hamdan involved a challenge to the Bush Administration's military commissions to try designated "enemy combatants" at Guantanamo Bay. Judge Randolph held for a unanimous court that the Administration had authority to conduct the commissions and that they were not in violation of the Geneva Conventions. Judge Stephen Williams concurred in the judgment, disagreeing on the latter point. The Supreme Court reversed the D.C. Circuit in "Hamdan v. Rumsfeld". Again, the United States Congress passed legislation, this time the Military Commissions Act, to reverse the effect of the Supreme Court's ruling.

Rasul v. Bush became Boumediene v. Bush when it came again before the D.C. Circuit. Judge Randolph again wrote the majority opinion. In Boumediene the court upheld the Military Commissions Act, which stripped the federal courts of jurisdiction to hear petitions of habeas corpus from aliens detained by the US Military. This time Judge Judith Rogers dissented. The petitioners in Boumediene asked the Supreme Court to reverse Judge Randolph's opinion. The Court denied their petition, but in an unusual move later reversed itself and granted certiorari. [http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2007/04/court_denies_ha.html] [http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2007/04/court_turns_dow.html]

ee also

*Boumediene v. Bush

References

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