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	From 2004 to 2008, Branch served as a senior official in the administration of President ]. During that time she served for three years as the Counselor to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the U.S. ], and for one year as the Associate General Counsel for Rules and Legislation at the ].		From 2004 to 2008, Branch served as a senior official in the administration of President ]. During that time she served for three years as the Counselor to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the U.S. ], and for one year as the Associate General Counsel for Rules and Legislation at the ].

	~~She was a~~ judge of the ] from 2012 until 2018. ~~She~~ was appointed by ] ] to succeed Charles Mikell. In 2018 she was appointed to the federal bench.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2012-07-25/deal-names-two-georgia-court-appeals \|title=Deal names two to Georgia Court of Appeals \| Governor Nathan Deal Office of the Governor \|website=gov.georgia.gov \|access-date=17 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218035842/http://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2012-07-25/deal-names-two-georgia-court-appeals \|archive-date=18 February 2013 \|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="whitehouse">{{cite web\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/07/president-donald-j-trump-announces-seventh-wave-judicial-candidates\|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventh Wave of Judicial Candidates\|date=September 7, 2017\|via=]\|work=]\|access-date=September 7, 2017}}</ref>		A judge of the ] from 2012 until 2018, she was appointed by ] ] to succeed Charles Mikell. In 2018 she was appointed to the federal bench.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2012-07-25/deal-names-two-georgia-court-appeals \|title=Deal names two to Georgia Court of Appeals \| Governor Nathan Deal Office of the Governor \|website=gov.georgia.gov \|access-date=17 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218035842/http://gov.georgia.gov/press-releases/2012-07-25/deal-names-two-georgia-court-appeals \|archive-date=18 February 2013 \|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="whitehouse">{{cite web\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2017/09/07/president-donald-j-trump-announces-seventh-wave-judicial-candidates\|title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventh Wave of Judicial Candidates\|date=September 7, 2017\|via=]\|work=]\|access-date=September 7, 2017}}</ref>

	== Federal judicial service ==		== Federal judicial service ==
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	On January 8, 2018, her renomination was sent to the ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/nominations-sent-senate-today-2/\|via=]\|work=]\|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate Today}}</ref> On January 18, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 19–2 vote.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%2001-18-181.pdf\|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee}}</ref> On February 26, 2018, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 72–22 vote.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00037\|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)\|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> The next day her nomination was confirmed by a 73–23 vote.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00038\|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)\|date=February 27, 2018\|work=United States Senate\|access-date=February 27, 2018}}</ref> She received her commission on March 19, 2018.<ref name=":0">{{FJC Bio\|nid=4237586\|inline=yes}}</ref>		On January 8, 2018, her renomination was sent to the ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/nominations-sent-senate-today-2/\|via=]\|work=]\|title=Nominations Sent to the Senate Today}}</ref> On January 18, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 19–2 vote.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting%2001-18-181.pdf\|title=Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee}}</ref> On February 26, 2018, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 72–22 vote.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00037\|title=On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)\|website=www.senate.gov}}</ref> The next day her nomination was confirmed by a 73–23 vote.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=2&vote=00038\|title=On the Nomination (Confirmation: Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)\|date=February 27, 2018\|work=United States Senate\|access-date=February 27, 2018}}</ref> She received her commission on March 19, 2018.<ref name=":0">{{FJC Bio\|nid=4237586\|inline=yes}}</ref>

	On September 29, 2022, ] ] delivered a speech at a Federalist Society conference in Kentucky and said he would no longer hire law clerks from ], which he said was plagued by "]" and students disrupting conservative speakers. Ho said Yale "not only tolerates the cancellation of views—it actively practices it.", and he urged other judges to likewise boycott the school.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-appointed-judge-boycotts-yale-law-clerks-over-cancel-culture-2022-09-29/\|title=Trump-appointed judge boycotts Yale for law clerks over 'cancel culture'\|newspaper=Reuters\|date=September 30, 2022\|last1=Raymond\|first1=Nate}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-appointed-judge-yale-clerk-boycott-condemns-cancel-culture-harvard-event-2023-01-11/\|title=Trump-appointed judge in Yale clerk boycott condemns 'cancel culture' at Harvard event\|newspaper=Reuters\|date=January 10, 2023\|last1=Raymond\|first1=Nate}}</ref> Judge Branch confirmed her participation in the Yale boycott in a statement to National Review. Branch told the ~~National Review~~ that Ho raised "legitimate concerns about the lack of free speech on law school campuses, Yale in particular," and that she would not consider students from Yale for clerkships in the future.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/2nd-trump-appointed-judge-publicly-says-she-will-not-hire-yale-clerks-2022-10-07/\|title=2nd Trump-appointed judge publicly says she will not hire Yale clerks\|newspaper=Reuters\|date=October 7, 2022\|last1=Raymond\|first1=Nate}}</ref>		On September 29, 2022, ] ] delivered a speech at a Federalist Society conference in Kentucky and said he would no longer hire law clerks from ], which he said was plagued by "]" and students disrupting conservative speakers. Ho said Yale "not only tolerates the cancellation of views—it actively practices it.", and he urged other judges to likewise boycott the school.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-appointed-judge-boycotts-yale-law-clerks-over-cancel-culture-2022-09-29/\|title=Trump-appointed judge boycotts Yale for law clerks over 'cancel culture'\|newspaper=Reuters\|date=September 30, 2022\|last1=Raymond\|first1=Nate}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-appointed-judge-yale-clerk-boycott-condemns-cancel-culture-harvard-event-2023-01-11/\|title=Trump-appointed judge in Yale clerk boycott condemns 'cancel culture' at Harvard event\|newspaper=Reuters\|date=January 10, 2023\|last1=Raymond\|first1=Nate}}</ref> Judge Branch confirmed her participation in the Yale boycott in a statement to '']''. Branch told the magazine that Ho raised "legitimate concerns about the lack of free speech on law school campuses, Yale in particular," and that she would not consider students from Yale for clerkships in the future.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/2nd-trump-appointed-judge-publicly-says-she-will-not-hire-yale-clerks-2022-10-07/\|title=2nd Trump-appointed judge publicly says she will not hire Yale clerks\|newspaper=Reuters\|date=October 7, 2022\|last1=Raymond\|first1=Nate}}</ref>

	==Notable cases==		==Notable cases==

	In 2020, she dissented in ''NAACP v. Alabama'',<ref>{{Cite court \|litigants = Alabama State Conference of the NAACP v. Alabama \|vol = 949 \|reporter = F.3d \|opinion =647 \|pinpoint = \|court = ] \|date = 2020 \|url= https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9342653324853653602}}</ref> arguing that Congress did not clearly and unambiguously abrogate states’ sovereign immunity from suit under the ], and that plaintiffs were thus barred by sovereign immunity from suing states under § 2 of the Act.<ref name="vra">{{cite web \|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/trump-judge-voters-sue-voting-rights-act.html \|title=Trump Judge Argues Voters Can't Sue States Over Voting Rights \|last=Stern \|first=Mark Joseph \|work=] \|date=February 4, 2020 \|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref>		In 2020, she dissented in ''NAACP v. Alabama'',<ref>{{Cite court \|litigants = Alabama State Conference of the NAACP v. Alabama \|vol = 949 \|reporter = F.3d \|opinion =647 \|pinpoint = \|court = ] \|date = 2020 \|url= https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9342653324853653602}}</ref> arguing that Congress did not clearly and unambiguously abrogate states’ sovereign immunity from suit under the ], and that plaintiffs were thus barred by sovereign immunity from suing states under § 2 of the Act.<ref name="vra">{{cite web \|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/02/trump-judge-voters-sue-voting-rights-act.html \|title=Trump Judge Argues Voters Can't Sue States Over Voting Rights \|last=Stern \|first=Mark Joseph \|work=] \|date=February 4, 2020 \|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref>

	== Memberships and awards ==		== Memberships and awards ==

	Branch was appointed by ] ] in 2013 to the Georgia Commission on Child Support. She is a member of the board of advisors of the Atlanta Lawyers Chapter for the ]. She was on the ] board of visitors until 2018. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia's Appellate Practice Section and is a Master in the Lamar American Inn of Court and the Bleckley American Inn of Court. Branch is a former co-chair of the Homeland Security and National Defense Committee of the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice of the ]. She was selected for inclusion in ''Georgia Super Lawyers'' in 2012.<ref name="GACAppeals" />		Branch was appointed by ] ] in 2013 to the Georgia Commission on Child Support. She is a member of the board of advisors of the Atlanta Lawyers Chapter for the ]. She was on the ] board of visitors until 2018. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia's Appellate Practice Section and is a Master in the Lamar American Inn of Court and the Bleckley American Inn of Court. Branch is a former co-chair of the Homeland Security and National Defense Committee of the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice of the ]. She was selected for inclusion in ''Georgia Super Lawyers'' in 2012.<ref name="GACAppeals" />

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American judge (born 1968)

Elizabeth L. Branch
Official Portrait, 2018

Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office March 19, 2018
Appointed by	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Frank M. Hull
Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals
In office September 1, 2012 – March 19, 2018
Appointed by	Nathan Deal
Preceded by	Charles Mikell
Succeeded by	Elizabeth Gobeil

Personal details
Born	Elizabeth Lee Branch (1968-03-30) March 30, 1968 (age 56) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Education	Davidson College (BA) Emory University (JD)

Elizabeth Lee Branch (born March 30, 1968) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. She is a former judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals.

Early life and education

Branch was born in Atlanta on March 30, 1968 and was raised in Fulton County. She attended the Westminster Schools before matriculating at Dickinson College, where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), cum laude in 1990. Branch then enrolled at Emory University School of Law; as a law student she was the notes and comments editor of the Emory Law Journal. She received the university's Charles E. Watkins Jr. scholarship. She graduated with distinction with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) in 1994 and membership in the Order of the Coif.

After law school, Branch served as a law clerk to Judge J. Owen Forrester of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia from 1994 to 1996.

Career

Branch was in private practice in Atlanta from 1996 to 2004 and again from 2008 until 2012. She practiced law at the law firm of Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP. She was a partner in the commercial litigation practice group there.

From 2004 to 2008, Branch served as a senior official in the administration of President George W. Bush. During that time she served for three years as the Counselor to the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and for one year as the Associate General Counsel for Rules and Legislation at the United States Department of Homeland Security.

A judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals from 2012 until 2018, she was appointed by Governor of Georgia Nathan Deal to succeed Charles Mikell. In 2018 she was appointed to the federal bench.

Federal judicial service

On September 7, 2017, President Donald Trump nominated Branch to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, to the seat soon vacated by Judge Frank M. Hull, who would assume senior status on December 31, 2017. On December 13, 2017, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

On January 3, 2018, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate. On January 5, 2018, Trump announced his intent to renominate Branch to a federal judgeship.

On January 8, 2018, her renomination was sent to the Senate. On January 18, 2018, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 19–2 vote. On February 26, 2018, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 72–22 vote. The next day her nomination was confirmed by a 73–23 vote. She received her commission on March 19, 2018.

On September 29, 2022, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit James C. Ho delivered a speech at a Federalist Society conference in Kentucky and said he would no longer hire law clerks from Yale Law School, which he said was plagued by "cancel culture" and students disrupting conservative speakers. Ho said Yale "not only tolerates the cancellation of views—it actively practices it.", and he urged other judges to likewise boycott the school. Judge Branch confirmed her participation in the Yale boycott in a statement to National Review. Branch told the magazine that Ho raised "legitimate concerns about the lack of free speech on law school campuses, Yale in particular," and that she would not consider students from Yale for clerkships in the future.

Notable cases

In 2020, she dissented in NAACP v. Alabama, arguing that Congress did not clearly and unambiguously abrogate states’ sovereign immunity from suit under the Voting Rights Act, and that plaintiffs were thus barred by sovereign immunity from suing states under § 2 of the Act.

Memberships and awards

Branch was appointed by Governor Nathan Deal in 2013 to the Georgia Commission on Child Support. She is a member of the board of advisors of the Atlanta Lawyers Chapter for the Federalist Society. She was on the Emory University board of visitors until 2018. She is a member of the State Bar of Georgia's Appellate Practice Section and is a Master in the Lamar American Inn of Court and the Bleckley American Inn of Court. Branch is a former co-chair of the Homeland Security and National Defense Committee of the Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice of the American Bar Association. She was selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers in 2012.

Electoral history

Georgia Court of Appeals Results, May 20, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Elizabeth L. Branch (incumbent)	714,000	100.00%
Majority			714,000	100.00%
Total votes			714,000	100.00%

References

Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory: Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho. Vol. 7. Martindale-Hubbell. April 2000. ISBN 9781561603763.
^ "Elizabeth L. Branch". Georgia Court of Appeals. Archived from the original on July 7, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
"Hon. Elizabeth L. Branch". United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
^ Elizabeth L. Branch at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
"AFJ Nominee Report: Elizabeth L. Branch" (PDF). Alliance for Justice. 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2023.
"SGR Partner Elizabeth "Lisa" Branch Appointed to Georgia Court of Appeals". Smith, Gambrell & Russell. July 27, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
"Deal names two to Georgia Court of Appeals | Governor Nathan Deal Office of the Governor". gov.georgia.gov. Archived from the original on February 18, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
"President Donald J. Trump Announces Seventh Wave of Judicial Candidates". whitehouse.gov. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017 – via National Archives.
"Eight Nominations Sent to the Senate Today". whitehouse.gov. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2017 – via National Archives.
"Nominations | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov. December 13, 2017.
"Congressional Record". www.congress.gov.
"President Donald J. Trump Announces Renomination of 21 Judicial Nominees". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.
"Nominations Sent to the Senate Today". whitehouse.gov – via National Archives.
"Results of Executive Business Meeting – January 18, 2018, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF).
"On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)". www.senate.gov.
"On the Nomination (Confirmation: Elizabeth L. Branch, of Georgia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit)". United States Senate. February 27, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
Raymond, Nate (September 30, 2022). "Trump-appointed judge boycotts Yale for law clerks over 'cancel culture'". Reuters.
Raymond, Nate (January 10, 2023). "Trump-appointed judge in Yale clerk boycott condemns 'cancel culture' at Harvard event". Reuters.
Raymond, Nate (October 7, 2022). "2nd Trump-appointed judge publicly says she will not hire Yale clerks". Reuters.
Alabama State Conference of the NAACP v. Alabama, 949 F.3d 647 (11th Cir. 2020).
Stern, Mark Joseph (February 4, 2020). "Trump Judge Argues Voters Can't Sue States Over Voting Rights". Slate. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
"General Primary/General Nonpartisan/Special Election – May 20, 2014". Georgia Election Results. Office of the Secretary of State of Georgia. May 29, 2014. Retrieved April 2, 2018.

External links

Elizabeth L. Branch at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
Elizabeth Branch at Ballotpedia

Legal offices
Preceded byCharles Mikell	Judge of the Georgia Court of Appeals 2012–2018	Succeeded byElizabeth D. Gobeil
Preceded byFrank M. Hull	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 2018–present	Incumbent

Judges of the United States courts of appeals

Full list · Names in bold represent current chief judges.

1st Circuit

Active	Barron Gelpí Montecalvo Rikelman Aframe 1 seat vacant
Senior	Campbell Selya Lynch Lipez Howard Thompson Kayatta

2nd Circuit

Active	Livingston Lohier Sullivan Bianco Park Nardini Menashi Lee Robinson Pérez Nathan Merriam Kahn
Senior	Newman Kearse Walker Jacobs Leval Calabresi Cabranes Sack Parker Raggi Wesley Lynch Chin Carney

3rd Circuit

Active	Chagares Jordan Hardiman Shwartz Krause Restrepo Bibas Porter Matey Phipps Freeman Montgomery-Reeves Chung 1 seat vacant
Senior	Scirica Cowen Nygaard Roth McKee Rendell Ambro Fuentes Smith Fisher

4th Circuit

Active	Diaz Wilkinson Niemeyer King Gregory Agee Wynn Thacker Harris Richardson Quattlebaum Rushing Heytens Benjamin Berner
Senior	Motz Traxler Keenan Floyd

5th Circuit

Active	Elrod Jones Smith Stewart Richman Southwick Haynes Graves Higginson Willett Ho Duncan Engelhardt Oldham Wilson Douglas Ramirez
Senior	King Jolly Higginbotham Davis Duhé Wiener Barksdale Dennis Clement

6th Circuit

Active	Sutton Moore Clay Griffin Kethledge Stranch Thapar Bush Larsen Nalbandian Readler Murphy Davis Mathis Bloomekatz Ritz
Senior	Guy Ryan Boggs Norris Suhrheinrich Siler Batchelder Daughtrey Cole Gilman Gibbons Rogers Cook McKeague White

7th Circuit

Active	Sykes Easterbrook Brennan Scudder St. Eve Kirsch Jackson-Akiwumi Lee Pryor Kolar Maldonado
Senior	Bauer Ripple Rovner Hamilton

8th Circuit

Active	Colloton Loken Smith Gruender Benton Shepherd Kelly Erickson Grasz Stras Kobes
Senior	Bowman Wollman Beam Hansen Arnold Melloy

9th Circuit

Active	Murguia Wardlaw Gould Rawlinson Callahan M. Smith Ikuta Christen Nguyen Owens Friedland Bennett R. Nelson Miller Bade Collins Lee Bress Forrest Bumatay VanDyke Koh Sung Sanchez H. Thomas Mendoza Desai Johnstone de Alba
Senior	Wallace Schroeder D. Nelson Canby O'Scannlain Trott Fernandez Kleinfeld Hawkins Tashima S. Thomas Silverman Graber McKeown Fletcher Paez Berzon Tallman Clifton Bybee Bea N. Smith Hurwitz

10th Circuit

Active	Holmes Hartz Tymkovich Matheson Bacharach Phillips McHugh Moritz Eid Carson Rossman Federico
Senior	Seymour Porfilio Anderson Baldock Brorby Ebel Kelly Briscoe Lucero Murphy O'Brien

11th Circuit

Active	W. Pryor Wilson Jordan Rosenbaum J. Pryor Newsom Branch Grant Luck Lagoa Brasher Abudu Kidd (Designate)
Senior	Tjoflat Anderson Edmondson Dubina Black E. Carnes Hull Marcus J. Carnes

D.C. Circuit

Active	Srinivasan Henderson Millett Pillard Wilkins Katsas Rao Walker Childs Pan Garcia
Senior	Edwards Ginsburg Sentelle Randolph Rogers

Federal Circuit

Active	Moore Newman Lourie Dyk Prost Reyna Taranto Chen Hughes Stoll Cunningham Stark
Senior	Mayer Plager Clevenger Schall Bryson Linn Wallach

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