appointee
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In that case, Judge Paula Xinis, a President Barack Obama appointee, criticized the government, saying, “You have taken the presumption of regularity, and you’ve destroyed it.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
But the margin of the vote split was stunning: The court, sitting en banc, ruled 10–5 against the Garden State’s laws, with Judge Arianna Freeman—a progressive appointee of President Joe Biden—writing the majority opinion.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2026
Viewed by corporate America as hostile to their interests, she will work with another Mamdani appointee seen by business leaders as more of an ally.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“In his zealous and highly scrutinized representation, Dershowitz made a spontaneous series of remarks before Congress that, he says, were misinterpreted by pundits,” Judge Britt Grant, a Trump appointee wrote for the 11th Circuit Court.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
James Fisk, who supervised the American side of the talks with a diplomatic skill unexpected of a scientific appointee, brought home an agreement designating the detection of nuclear bomb tests as “technically feasible.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
