There are 8 article(s) tagged Andre Mathis:

• September 2022

  • Senate confirms Andre Mathis to federal appeals court

    The Butler Snow law partner becomes the first Black man from Tennessee to serve on the Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

    By Bill Dries September 08, 2022

• July 2022

  • Confirmation vote for Memphian Andre Mathis remains stalled in Senate

    The appointment of Memphis lawyer Andre B. Mathis to the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals remains stalled, awaiting a floor vote by the Senate.

    By Shera Avi-Yonah July 26, 2022

  • ‘Giant of a Judge:’ The life and legacy of Judge Odell Horton

    When President Carter appointed Odell Horton to the federal bench in 1980 he became the first Black U.S. judge in Tennessee since Reconstruction. On Monday, Memphis’ federal building will be renamed for him. 

    By Ben Wheeler July 25, 2022

• February 2022

  • Mathis federal appeals court nomination clears Senate Judiciary by narrow margin

    Andre Mathis’ nomination as a federal appeals court judge advances to the full Senate as Republican U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee again opposed Mathis as “unqualified” and talked Thursday in Washington of “street talk in Memphis.”

    By Bill Dries February 10, 2022

• January 2022

  • Sanford: Blackburn proves she can be queen of mean

    Sen. Marsha Blackburn employed an unmistakably racist dog whistle in casting Andre Mathis as a criminal who cannot be trusted to sit as an appellate court judge.

    By Otis Sanford January 20, 2022

  • Blackburn grills federal appeals court nominee Mathis over ‘rap sheet’ for traffic tickets

    The Judiciary Committee scrap over Mathis’ nomination was part of a larger issue about blue slips used to express support or opposition by Senators on federal appeals court nominees when the home-state Senators are not of the president’s party.

    By Bill Dries January 13, 2022

• December 2021

  • Service to community is central to Sixth Circuit nominee

    Andre Mathis spends a great deal of time on service, much of it to the Memphis neighborhoods where he was raised. He could be the first Black man from Tennessee confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

    By Ian Round December 06, 2021

• November 2021

  • Biden nominates Memphis attorney to Sixth Circuit

    Andre Mathis would replace on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Bernice Donald, who is taking senior status. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 24, 2021