- Fourth Circuit Judge James Wynn Jr. has rescinded his plans to step down from active status, denying President-elect Donald Trump the opportunity to appoint his successor on the powerful appellate bench.
- Wynn is the third judge to rescind their retirement plans since Trump’s Nov. 5 election win. Judges Max Cogburn of the Western District of North Carolina and Algenon Marbley of the Southern District of Ohio had previously announced plans to step back from active status upon confirmation of a successor.
Law.com has 4th Circuit Judge Wynn Walks Back Senior Status Plans -- Walking back senior status plans is not unheard of and has been done by both Republican and Democratic appointees.
And see Historic Muslim Appellate Pick Laments Attacks on Nomination and 3rd Circuit Nominee Mangi Sees 'No Pathway to Confirmation,' Derides 'Organized Smear Campaign' -- Adeel Mangi said in a letter to the White House that the system for approving federal court judges is "fundamentally broken" and has turned into "a channel for the raising of money based on performative McCarthyism before video cameras."
At 75, [Chief Justice Nathan Hecht] is retiring as the longest-serving member of the Texas Supreme Court in the Lone Star State's history and the longest-tenured state judge in active service. In his nearly four decades on the court, he has participated in 2,779 oral arguments, written nearly 400 majority opinions, mentored 72 law clerks, managed three staff attorneys and been aided by four executive assistants.
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