12/30/2019 James E. Boasberg - Wikipedia James E. Boasberg James Emanuel "Jeb" Boasberg (born February 20, 1963)[2] is a James E. Boasberg United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, also serving as a Judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court; and former associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Contents Early life and education Clerkship and legal career Judicial service Osama Bin Laden photos Registered tax return preparer regulations Appointment to United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Hillary Clinton emails Presiding Judge of the United Trump tax returns States Foreign Intelligence Medicaid work rules Surveillance Court Incumbent Personal life Assumed office See also January 1, 2020 References Appointed by John Roberts External links Preceded by Rosemary M. Collyer Judge of the United States Early life and education Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Boasberg was born in San Francisco, California in 1963,[3] to Sarah Incumbent Margaret (Szold) and Emanuel Boasberg III.[4][5] The family moved to Washington, D.C. when Boasberg's father accepted a position in Sargent Assumed office Shriver's Office of Economic Opportunity, a Great Society agency May 18, 2014 responsible for implementing and administering many of Lyndon B. Appointed by John Roberts [6][7] Johnson's War on Poverty programs. Boasberg received a Bachelor Preceded by Reggie Walton of Arts from Yale University in 1985, where he was a member of Skull Judge of the United States District [8] and Bones, and a Master of Studies the following year from Oxford Court for the District of Columbia [9] University. He then earned his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School in Incumbent 1990.[9][10] Assumed office March 17, 2011 Clerkship and legal career Appointed by Barack Obama After completing law school, Boasberg served as a law clerk for Judge Preceded by Thomas F. Hogan Dorothy W. Nelson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Associate Judge of the Superior Circuit for the 1990–91 term.[9] He then went into private practice, Court of the District of Columbia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Boasberg 1/5 12/30/2019 James E. Boasberg - Wikipedia working at firms first in San Francisco (1991–94) and then in the In office District of Columbia (1995–96).[11] In 1996, Boasberg joined the office September 2002 – March 14, 2011 of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia where he Appointed by George W. Bush would spend 5.5 years as a prosecutor, specializing in homicides.[11][10] Preceded by Gregory E. Mize Succeeded by John F. McCabe Judicial service Jr.[1] In September 2002, Boasberg became an Associate Judge of the Personal details Superior Court of the District of Columbia, where he served in the Civil Born James Emanuel and Criminal Divisions and the Domestic Violence Branch until his Boasberg [11] appointment to the federal bench in 2011. During the 111th Congress, February 20, 1963 Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton recommended Boasberg to fill a San Francisco, judicial vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of California Columbia.[12] On June 17, 2010, President Barack Obama formally Education Yale University nominated Boasberg to the District Court for the District of (B.A.) Columbia.[9] Boasberg was confirmed on March 14, 2011 by a vote of 96 Yale Law School ayes to 0 nays.[13] He received his commission on March 17, 2011.[10] (J.D.) University of Osama Bin Laden photos Oxford (M.St.) On April 26, 2012, Boasberg ruled that the public had no right to view government photos of a deceased Osama Bin Laden. Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, had filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), but were unsuccessful in convincing the Judge that FOIA rights outweighed national-security factors.[14] Registered tax return preparer regulations On January 18, 2013, Boasberg issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the Internal Revenue Service from enforcing regulations on Registered Tax Return Preparers, which otherwise required tax return preparers to register Photo of Boasberg in 2016 with the IRS and pass a written test as evidence of competency. Loving v. Internal Revenue Service, No. 12-385 (U.S.D.C. D.C. 1/18/2013).[15] The IRS appealed and in 2014, the Court of Appeals upheld Boasberg's district court decision.[16] Appointment to United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court On February 7, 2014 Chief Justice John G. Roberts announced that he would appoint Boasberg to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a term starting May 18, 2014 to a seat being vacated by Reggie Walton.[17][18] His term began May 18, 2014.[10] On December 20, 2019, the FISC announced he will replace the Presiding Judge FISC January 1, 2020[19] and elevated to preside. Hillary Clinton emails On August 22, 2016, Boasberg ordered the release of over 14,000 emails found in the United States Department of State correspondence of Hillary Clinton by the FBI during an investigation of Clinton's private server.[20] These emails were requested by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, because the FBI has indicated that emails were work-related and not entirely private as Clinton had previously said.[20] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Boasberg 2/5 12/30/2019 James E. Boasberg - Wikipedia Trump tax returns On August 18, 2017, Boasberg dismissed a lawsuit from the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), which had sued the IRS under FOIA seeking President Donald Trump's personal tax returns from 2010 to the present to be released. Boasberg concluded that because personal tax returns are confidential, they may only be obtained either by permission from Trump himself or if Congress's Joint Committee on Taxation signed off to allow the disclosure.[21] Medicaid work rules On March 27, 2019, Boasberg blocked a work requirement for recipients of Medicaid in Arkansas and Kentucky.[22] Personal life Boasberg married Elizabeth Leslie Manson in 1991.[4] His brother, Tom Boasberg, succeeded Michael Bennet as Superintendent of Denver Public Schools after Colorado Governor Bill Ritter appointed Bennet to the United States Senate in January 2009.[23][24] He is an aficionado of William Shakespeare's plays. In February 2018, he played a crown prosecutor in The Trial of Hamlet that was presented at the Shakespeare Theatre Company.[25] See also Medicaid expansion Efforts to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act References 1. Report of District of Columbia Judicial Nomination Commission (http://jnc.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sit es/jnc/publication/attachments/Record-JNC-Recs-Desigs-Oct13.pdf) 2. U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs (2002). Hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session, on the nomination of James "Jeb" E. Boasberg to be an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, June 26, 2002 (https://books.google.com/books?ei=EPP6UuuzLsHs0QGow4C4Bw&id=Y-k1 AAAAIAAJ&dq=BOASBERG+JAMES+birth+1963&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=1963) (Volume 107, Issue 561 of S. hrg, United States Congress ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. G.P.O. Retrieved May 24, 2017. 3. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (January 5, 2011). "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: James Emanuel Boasberg" (http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongressJudicialN ominations/upload/JamesBoasberg-PublicQuestionnaireUpdate.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved March 11, 2011. 4. (August 26, 1991). "Elizabeth Leslie Manson Is Married To J. E. Boasberg in New Hampshire" (https:// www.nytimes.com/1991/08/26/style/elizabeth-leslie-manson-is-married-to-j-e-boasberg-in-new-hampshir e.html). The New York Times. Retrieved March 11, 2011. 5. "Sally Boasberg, landscape designer and advocate for District's green spaces, dies at 74 – The Washington Post" (https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/sally-boasberg-landscape-designer- and-advocate-for-districts-green-spaces-dies-at-74/2012/04/03/gIQANEDCuS_story.html). washingtonpost.com. Retrieved May 14, 2015. 6. Mitchell, Nancy (January 9, 2009). "Boasberg sole finalist for DPS superintendent job" (http://www.rocky mountainnews.com/news/2009/jan/08/boasberg-44-chosen-new-dps-superindendent/). Rocky Mountain News. Retrieved March 11, 2011. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_E._Boasberg 3/5 12/30/2019 James E. Boasberg - Wikipedia 7. Meyer, Jeremy P. (January 21, 2009). "Boosters say Boasberg's the man to lead DPS" (http://www.denv erpost.com/news/ci_11507419). The Denver Post. Retrieved March 11, 2011. 8. Robbins, Alexandra (July 2004). "Powerful Secrets". Vanity Fair. p. 116. 9. The White House: Office of the Press Secretary (June 17, 2010). "President Obama Names Three to United States District Court, 6/17/10" (https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/president- obama-names-three-united-states-district-court-61710). whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original (http s://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/president-obama-names-three-united-states-district-court-6171 0) on January 20, 2017. Retrieved June 8, 2017. 10. "Boasberg, James Emanuel – Federal Judicial Center" (https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/boasberg-jam es-emanuel). www.fjc.gov. 11. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. "Official Biography" (http://www.dcd.uscourts.gov/content/ district-judge-james-e-boasberg). Retrieved March 22, 2017. 12. Palazzolo, Joe (February 8, 2010). "White House Vetting OPR Chief for Federal Judgeship" (http://www. mainjustice.com/2010/02/08/white-house-vetting-opr-chief-for-federal-judgeship/). Main Justice. Retrieved March 11, 2011. 13. "Judicial Nominations and Confirmations: 112th Congress" (https://web.archive.org/web/2011010821362 5/http://judiciary.senate.gov/nominations/112thCongress.cfm). Archived from the original (http://judiciary. senate.gov/nominations/112thCongress.cfm) on 2011-01-08.