Bridget Anne Shelton Bade (born October 8, 1965)United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Bridget Shelton Bade
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. She is a

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of the

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. She was formerly a

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of the

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Early life and career

Bade earned her

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, from the

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in 1987, and her

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, from its

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in 1989, where she served as an articles editor of the ''Arizona State Law Journal''. After graduating from law school, Bade clerked for Judge

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of the

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from 1990 to 1991. Bade served for four years as a trial attorney in the Environmental Torts Section of the

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from 1991 to 1995. She was later a

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at Beshears Wallwork Bellamy in

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, where her practice focused on

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. Bade then spent a year as special counsel in the

office of

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. Following her years in private practice, Bade was an

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for the

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for six years from 2006 to 2012.

Federal judicial service

Magistrate judge tenure

Bade served as a

of the

, a position she was appointed to in 2012, and left in 2019 when she became a circuit judge.

Court of appeals service

On August 27, 2018, President

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nominated Bade to serve as a United States circuit judge of the

. She was nominated to the seat vacated by

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, who assumed senior status on October 11, 2016. On October 24, 2018, a hearing on her nomination was held before the

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. On January 3, 2019, her nomination was returned to the president under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the

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. On January 23, 2019, President Trump announced his intent to renominate Bade for a federal judgeship. Her nomination was sent to the Senate later that day. On February 7, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 17–5 vote. On March 25, 2019, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 77–20 vote. On March 26, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a 78–21 vote. She received her judicial commission on April 1, 2019. In September 2020, President Trump included Bade on his list of potential nominees to the

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Notable rulings

On March 30, 2021, Bade and

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held in a 2-1 ruling that

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's restrictions on private gatherings, which limit indoor and outdoor gatherings to three households at a time, are constitutional. A Bible study group had sued Newsom on account of religious discrimination, but the majority held that religious gatherings were not being treated any differently than non-religious gatherings.

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Early life and career

Federal judicial service

Magistrate judge tenure

Court of appeals service

Notable rulings

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