Anna Marie Manasco (born 1980)United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Anna Manasco
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who is serving as a

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of the

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Education

Manasco attended the Saint James School and was the runner-up of the 1998

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in Lincoln–Douglas debate. Manasco earned her

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, ''

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'', from

Emory University Emory University is a private university, private research university in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It was founded in 1836 as Emory College by the Methodist Episcopal Church and named in honor of Methodist bishop John Emory. Its main campu ...

, her

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and

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from

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, and her

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from

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, where she served as an executive editor of the ''

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''."President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominees" White House, December 18, 2019

Career

Manasco served as a

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to Judge

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of the

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. From 2009 to 2020, she was a partner at

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, where her practice focused on trial strategy and appeals in complex commercial litigation. She had represented clients before the

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, numerous federal courts of appeals, and the

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Federal judicial service

On December 18, 2019, President

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announced his intent to nominate Manasco to serve as a

for the

. On February 4, 2020, her nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Manasco to the seat to be vacated by Judge

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, who subsequently assumed senior status on April 25, 2020. A hearing on her nomination before the

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was held on February 12, 2020. On March 12, 2020, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–6 vote. On May 20, 2020, the

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invoked

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on her nomination by a 72–20 vote. Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a 71–21 vote. She received her judicial commission on May 27, 2020.

Notable rulings

Manasco was one of three judges on a special panel that ruled Alabama's proposed maps violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The three judge panel's ruling was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in ''

Allen v. Milligan ''Allen v. Milligan'', 599 U. S. 1 (2023), is a United States Supreme Court case related to redistricting under the Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA). The appellees and respondents argued that Alabama's congressional districts discriminated against ...

''.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Manasco, Anna M. 1980 births Living people 21st-century American lawyers 21st-century American women lawyers Alabama lawyers Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford Emory University alumni Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama Lawyers from Montgomery, Alabama United States district court judges appointed by Donald Trump Yale Law School alumni