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Liam Hardy
2020 - Present
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Liam P. Hardy is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He was nominated to the court by President Donald Trump (R) on May 21, 2020, and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 3, 2020, by a vote of 59-34. To see a full list of judges appointed by Donald Trump, click here.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces is an Article I federal trial court established by Congress under Article I of the U.S. Constitution. To learn more about the court, click here.
Hardy was a deputy assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2017 to 2020.
Judicial nominations and appointments
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (2020-present)
- See also: Federal judges nominated by Donald Trump
On May 21, 2020, President Donald Trump (R) nominated Hardy to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He was confirmed by a 59-34 vote of the U.S. Senate on December 3, 2020.[1] Hardy joined the court for a 15-year term on December 8, 2020.[2] To read more about the federal nominations process, click here.
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Liam Hardy |
| Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 196 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: May 21, 2020
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| ABA Rating: Not rated by the ABA
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: August 4, 2020
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: September 15, 2020
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| Confirmed: December 3, 2020
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| Vote: 59-34
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Confirmation vote
The U.S. Senate confirmed Hardy on December 3, 2020, on a vote of 59-34.[1] To see a full breakdown of the vote on the official U.S. Senate website, click here.
| Hardy confirmation vote (December 3, 2020) | |||||||||
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| Party | Yea | Nay | No vote | ||||||
 Democratic |
11 | 34 | 1 | ||||||
 Republican |
47 | 0 | 5 | ||||||
 Independent |
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 59 | 34 | 7 | ||||||
Committee on Armed Services hearing
Hardy had his hearing before the Committee on Armed Services on August 4, 2020. Hardy was reported to the full Senate on September 15, 2020.[1]
Nomination
On May 6, 2020, President Donald Trump (R) announced his intent to nominate Hardy to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.[3] The president officially nominated Hardy on May 21.
Hardy was nominated to replace Judge Margaret Ryan, whose term expired on July 31, 2020.
Education
Hardy earned his B.S.E. in mechanical and aerospace engineering, magna cum laude, from Princeton University in 1995. He earned his M.S. in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University in 1996. Hardy received his J.D., cum laude, from Georgetown University Law Center in 2008. During his legal studies, he served as the senior administrative editor on the Georgetown Law Journal.[3][4]
Professional career
- 2020-present: Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
- 2017-2020: Deputy assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel
- 2012-2017: Kirkland & Ellis, LLP in Washington, D.C.
- 2014-2017: Partner
- 2012-2014: Associate
- 2011-2012: Law clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States
- 2010-2011: Law clerk to Judge David Sentelle, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- 2009-2010: Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, LLP
- 2008-2009: Law clerk to Judge Margaret Ryan, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces[4]
About the court
| Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces |
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| Judgeships |
| Posts: 5 |
| Judges: 5 |
| Vacancies: 0 |
| Judges |
| Chief: Kevin A. Ohlson |
| Active judges: Liam Hardy, M. Tia Johnson, Gregory Maggs, Kevin A. Ohlson, John E. Sparks Senior judges: |
The United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces is an Article I federal court that exercises worldwide appellate jurisdiction over members of the U.S. Armed Forces on active duty and other persons subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.[5]
The court has appellate jurisdiction over all appeals from United States Military courts.[6]
The court reviews decisions from the four service appellate courts—Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy-Marine Corps Courts of Criminal Appeals. Cases on the court's docket address a broad range of legal issues, including constitutional law, criminal law, evidence, criminal procedure, ethics, administrative law, and national security law. The cases before the court may only be reviewed upon a granted petition for review, by certificate from an individual service judge advocate general, a sentence of death, a petition for extraordinary relief, or a writ appeal petition. Unlike all other U.S. geographical courts of appeal, the court's review is purely discretionary and not by way of direct right of review.
Decisions by the court are subject to direct review by the U.S. Supreme Court. However, the court functions as a gatekeeper of the Supreme Court, unlike any other U.S. federal appeals court. Denials from petitions for review or relief in extraordinary petitions were not subject to review by the Supreme Court as of 2020.
To read opinions published by this court, click here.
The federal nomination process
Federal judges are nominated by the president of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. There are multiple steps to the process:
- The president nominates an individual for a judicial seat.
- The nominee fills out a questionnaire and is reviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- The Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing with the nominee, questioning them about things like their judicial philosophy, past rulings or opinions, etc.
- As part of this process, the committee sends a blue slip to senators from the home state in which the judicial nomination was received, allowing them to express their approval or disapproval of the nominee.
- After the hearing, the Senate Judiciary Committee will vote to approve or return the nominee.
- If approved, the nominee is voted on by the full Senate.
- If the Committee votes to return the nominee to the president, the president has the opportunity to re-nominate the individual.
- The Senate holds a vote on the candidate.
- If the Senate confirms the nomination, the nominee receives a commission to serve a lifelong position as a federal judge.
- If the Senate does not confirm the nomination, that nominee does not become a judge.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Congress.gov, "PN1913 — Liam P. Hardy — The Judiciary," accessed May 22, 2020
- ↑ United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, "Judges," accessed December 9, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 WhiteHouse.gov, "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees," May 6, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Harvard Law School, "Liam P. Hardy Curriculum Vitae," accessed May 7, 2020
- ↑ United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, "Brochure," accessed April 23, 2021
- ↑ Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, accessed November 26, 2013
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