MEET THE JUDGES WHO RESTORED THE REPUBLIC FOR NOW.

On September 21, 2022, a federal appellate court ruled that while its appeal is pending, the United States can use the classified materials it confiscated from the beach resort in South Florida under an authorized search warrant, to investigate whatever crimes may have been committed and to review whatever damage was done to national security.?They also ruled that the United States does not have to submit the classified documents to a special master to review in the meantime.

With their unanimous order, they restored the Republic, at least for now.?Meet the Judges.

JUDGE ROBIN S. ?ROSENBAUM is the senior judge among the three judges on this panel.?She has been on the Eleventh Circuit since 2014.?Having turned 56 this year, she is also the oldest of the three judges on this panel.?Judge Rosenbaum is familiar with the inner workings of most of the parties in this case, having worked as a Trial Attorney in the Department of Justice, as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Florida, as a U.S. Magistrate Judge in the Southern District of Florida, and as a U.S. District Judge in the Southern District of Florida.

A graduate of the University of Miami Law School, she was nominated by President Obama and she was confirmed to the Eleventh Circuit by a vote of 91 to 0.

JUDGE BRITT GRANT was a Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court before she went to the Eleventh Circuit in 2018.?A graduate of Stanford Law School, Judge Grant was confirmed by a vote of 52-46.?She is 44 years old and a Republican by party.

JUDGE ANDREW L. BRASHER rounds out this panel of three Judges.?Judge Brasher turned 41 this year and has been on the Eleventh Circuit since June 2020.?Previously he was appointed a U.S. District Judge in Alabama where he served for about a year before going to the Eleventh Circuit.?A graduate of Harvard Law School, he too is a Republican by party.

Contrary to Mainstream Media and Alternate Media headlines, this decision did not resolve the appeal in favor of the United States, although that is the likely outcome after this ruling.?Also, this panel which decided the motion (called a "motions panel") may not be the same panel of Judges who will decide the entire appeal.?So it's on with the appeal and let's win there!

Please read the disclaimer.??2022 Dennis J. Wall.?All rights reserved. This article was published in slightly different form on Thursday, September 22, 2022 on Claims and Issues Blog, https://claimsissues.typepad.com/insurance_claims_and_issu/2022/09/meet-the-judges-who-saved-the-republic-for-now.html.