appointee

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SEC Chairman Paul Atkins has been opposed to the rule since it was instituted in 2005, when he was a commissioner who voted against it alongside a fellow Republican appointee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

On Monday, Faye named senior economist Ahmadou Al Aminou Mohamed Lo as prime minister, saying the new appointee had the expertise to steer Senegal out of its crippling debt.

From Barron's • May 26, 2026

These cases have gone before a three-judge district court made up of Judges Anna Manasco and Terry Moorer, both Trump appointees, along with Judge Stanley Marcus, an appointee first of Ronald Reagan, then Bill Clinton.

From Slate • May 26, 2026

Allen’s case was assigned Tuesday to Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee to the federal court in Washington who worked earlier in his career as a police officer.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026

District Judge William W. Schwarzer, a Republican appointee, is not known as a light sentencer.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander