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{{Infobox judge
| name = Chad A. Readler
| image = Chad A. Readler.jpg
| office = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]]
| appointer = [[List of federal judges appointed by Donald Trump|Donald Trump]]
| term_start = March 7, 2019
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Deborah L. Cook]]
| successor =
| office1 = Acting [[United States Assistant Attorney General]] for the [[United States Department of Justice Civil Division|Civil Division]]
| president1 = [[Donald Trump]]
| term_start1 = December 11, 2017
| term_end1 = September 4, 2018
| predecessor1 = ''Himself''
| successor1 = [[Jody Hunt]]
| president2 = [[Donald Trump]]
| term_start2 = January 30, 2017
| term_end2 = November 16, 2017
| predecessor2 = Benjamin C. Mizer (acting)
| successor2 = ''Himself''
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|8|23}}
| birth_place = [[Pontiac, Michigan|Pontiac]], [[Michigan]], U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| education = [[University of Michigan]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
}}

'''Chad Andrew Readler''' (born August 23, 1972)<ref name="Questionnaire">[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Readler%20SJQ1.pdf United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Chad Andrew Readler]</ref> is a [[United States federal judge|United States Circuit Judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]] and former Principal Deputy and former Acting Assistant Attorney General for the [[United States Department of Justice Civil Division]].

== Biography ==

Readler (pronounced: RAYD-ler) earned his [[Bachelor of Arts]] from the [[University of Michigan]] and his [[Juris Doctor]], ''cum laude'', from the [[University of Michigan Law School]], where he served on the editorial board of the ''[[University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform]]''. After graduating from law school, he served as a law clerk for Judge [[Alan Eugene Norris]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]].

Readler began his legal career in the [[Columbus, Ohio]], office of [[Jones Day]], including spending ten years as a partner in the Issues and Appeals Group.<ref name="WHBio">{{cite web |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-fifteenth-wave-judicial-nominees-fourteenth-wave-united-states-attorney-nominees-ninth-wave-united-states-marshal-nominees/ |title=President Donald J. Trump Announces Fifteenth Wave of Judicial Nominees, Fourteenth Wave of United States Attorney Nominees, and Ninth Wave of United States Marshal Nominees |date=June 7, 2018 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=June 7, 2018}} {{PD-notice}}</ref> While at Jones Day, Readler represented the [[R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/fda-suspends-enforcement-of-stricter-standards-for-e-cigarette-cigar-industry/2017/05/02/be7e557a-2ed6-11e7-9534-00e4656c22aa_story.html|title=FDA delays enforcement of stricter standards for e-cigarette, cigar industry|website=Washington Post |access-date=October 10, 2018}}</ref>
He also successfully argued before the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in ''[[McQuiggin v. Perkins]]'' on behalf of a ''[[pro bono]]'' client claiming [[actual innocence]]. His other ''pro bono'' representations include representing capital defendants before the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit]] and the [[Supreme Court of Ohio]], representing defendants sentenced to life in prison before the Sixth Circuit, and challenging dismissals of claims filed by ''[[pro se]]'' litigants.<ref name="WHBio" />

Prior to becoming a judge, Readler was Principal Deputy [[United States Assistant Attorney General]] for the [[United States Department of Justice Civil Division]], a position he held beginning on January 30, 2017. Readler previously served as Acting United States Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Division from January 2017 to September 2018. In that role, Readler led and supervised the Department's largest litigating division and actively briefed and argued several cases on behalf of the United States in federal courts across the country.<ref name="WHBio" />

== Federal judicial service ==

On June 7, 2018, [[Donald Trump|President Trump]] announced his intent to nominate Readler to serve as a United States Circuit Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit]].<ref name="WHBio" /> On June 18, 2018, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Readler to the seat being vacated by Judge [[Deborah L. Cook]], who previously announced her intention to take [[senior status]] on a date to be determined.<ref>[https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/seventeen-nominations-one-withdrawal-sent-senate-today/ "Seventeen Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate Today", White House, June 18, 2018]</ref> In June 2018, U.S. Senator [[Sherrod Brown]] said he did not plan to return a [[blue slip]] for Readler's nomination, while U.S. Senator [[Rob Portman]] said he planned to support Readler's nomination.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Heisig |first1=Eric |title=Sen. Sherrod Brown says he will not support Trump's nominees for Ohio-based appeals court |url=https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/index.ssf/2018/06/sen_sherrod_brown_says_he_will.html |access-date=June 20, 2018 |publisher=Cleveland.com |date=June 7, 2018}}</ref> On October 10, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Senate Judiciary Committee]].<ref>[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/meetings/10/10/2018/nominations United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for October 10, 2018]</ref>

During his confirmation proceedings, Democrats criticized Readler for having supported a Republican lawsuit aimed at dismantling the [[Affordable Care Act]], including its protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/us/politics/senate-readler-trump-confirmation.html |title=Senate Confirms Trump Nominee Who as Justice Official Fought the Affordable Care Act |last=Hulse |first=Carl |date=2019-03-06 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US |access-date=2019-03-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/democrats-say-wont-soon-forget-confirmation-trump-judicial-nominee-chad-readler |title=Democrats vow Judge Chad Readler will be 2020 issue |last=Lesniewski |first=Niels |date=2019-03-06 |language=en |access-date=2019-03-07}}</ref>

On January 3, 2019, his nomination was returned to the President under [[Standing Rules of the United States Senate, Rule XXXI|Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6]] of the [[United States Senate]]. He was renominated on January 23, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nominations Sent to the Senate |url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/nominations-sent-senate-2/ |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |access-date=January 23, 2019}}</ref> On February 7, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.<ref>[https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/02.07.2019%20Results%20of%20Executive%20Business%20Meeting1.pdf Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 7, 2019, Senate Judiciary Committee]</ref> On March 5, 2019, the Senate voted to invoke [[cloture]] on the nomination by a vote of 53–45.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00036 Roll Call Vote 116th Congress - 1st Session United States Senate Vote Summary: Vote Number 36, United States Senate, March 5, 2019]</ref> On March 6, 2019, his nomination was confirmed by a vote of 52–47.<ref>[https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&session=1&vote=00037 Roll Call Vote 116th Congress - 1st Session United States Senate Vote Summary: Vote Number 37, United States Senate, March 6, 2019]</ref> He received his judicial commission on March 7, 2019.

== Memberships ==
He is a member of the [[Federalist Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://fedsoc.org/contributors/chad-readler-1 |title=Chad A. Readler |website=fedsoc.org |access-date=July 1, 2018}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
Readler was involved in some of the most high-profile and controversial cases in the Trump Administration. For example, Readler defended the Trump administration's attempt to impose a citizenship question on the 2020 Census, based on Readler's allegation that the Department of Justice had requested the Department of Commerce to add the question.<ref>https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/New-York-et-al_v_Department_of_Commerce_Memorandum-of-Law-in-Support-of-Motion-to-Dismiss.pdf</ref> The Supreme Court later determined that false, "ruling that the justification that the government offered at the time for including the citizenship question was just a pretext."<ref>https://www.scotusblog.com/2019/06/opinion-analysis-court-orders-do-over-on-citizenship-question-in-census-case/</ref>.

Previously, Readler represented R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company in challenging a Buffalo, New York restriction prohibiting tobacco ads from appearing within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds, and day-care centers.<ref>https://www.thenation.com/article/society/trump-mcconnel-court-judges-plot/</ref> Readler argued that Reynolds had a First Amendment right to advertise tobacco products within 1,000 feet of schools, playgrounds, and day-care centers.<ref>http://buffalonews.com/news/r-j-reynolds-challenging-citys-effort-to-restrict-posting-of-tobacco-ads/article_f36ced0b-2a2e-5aba-a509-9326c8a03db4.html</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Donald Trump judicial appointment controversies]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{FJC Bio|nid=6103361}}
* {{Ballotpedia|Chad_Readler|Chad Readler}}
* [https://www.oyez.org/advocates/chad_a_readler Appearances at the U.S. Supreme Court] from the [[Oyez Project]]

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Hembram Bakhul at 04:23, 1 July 2021