Cameron Currie
Cameron McGowan Currie is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. She joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
Born in Florence, South Carolina, Currie graduated from the University of South Carolina with her bachelor's degree in 1970 and from the George Washington University School of Law with her J.D. in 1975.[1]
Professional career
- 1994 - Present: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
- 2013 - Present: Senior judge
- 1994-2013: Judge
- 1989-1994: Chief deputy attorney general, South Carolina
- 1986-1989: Adjunct professor, University of South Carolina Law Center
- 1986-1989: Private practice, Columbia, S.C.
- 1984-1986: Magistrate judge, District of South Carolina
- 1980-1984: Assistant U.S. attorney, District of South Carolina
- 1978-1980: Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia
- 1975-1978: Private practice, Washington, D.C.
- 1973-1974: Law clerk, Hon. Arthur Burnett Sr., United States District Court for the District of Columbia[1]
Judicial career
District of South Carolina
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Cameron M. Currie |
| Court: United States District Court for the District of South Carolina |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 42 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: January 27, 1994
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| ABA Rating: Unanimously Well Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: March 9, 1994
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: March 9, 1994
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| Confirmed: March 10, 1994
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Currie was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1994, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina vacated by Falcon Hawkins. The American Bar Association rated Currie Unanimously Well Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Currie's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on March 9, 1994, and her nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Del.) the same day. Currie was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on March 10, 1994, and she received her commission the next day. Currie elected to take senior status beginning on October 3, 2013.[1][2][3]
Noteworthy cases
"I Believe" license plates (2009)
In November 2009, Judge Currie ruled that the state of South Carolina could not issue license plates with a cross and the phrase "I Believe." The judge equated this to an establishment of religion in violation of the First Amendment.[4]
See also
- United States District Court for the District of South Carolina
- United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Cameron McGowan Currie," accessed July 7, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 1047 — Cameron M. Currie — The Judiciary," accessed July 7, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 103rd Congress," accessed July 7, 2017
- ↑ The Baltimore Sun, "Federal judge nixes Christian license plates," November 11, 2009
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Falcon Hawkins |
District of South Carolina 1994–2013 Seat #8 |
Succeeded by: NA
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of South Carolina • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of South Carolina
State courts:
South Carolina Supreme Court • South Carolina Court of Appeals • South Carolina Circuit Courts • South Carolina Masters-in-Equity • South Carolina Family Courts • South Carolina Magistrate Courts • South Carolina Municipal Courts • South Carolina Probate Courts
State resources:
Courts in South Carolina • South Carolina judicial elections • Judicial selection in South Carolina
