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Amir Ali (judge)

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Amir Ali (judge)

Amir Hatem Mahdy Ali (born 1985) is a Canadian-American lawyer and academic who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Ali previously served as a civil rights lawyer and as a law professor at Harvard Law School.

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Appointed by
Joe Biden
Preceded by
Beryl Howell
Born
Amir Hatem Mahdy Ali1985 (age 39–40)Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Education
University of Waterloo (BSE)Harvard University (JD)

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Preceded byBeryl Howell
Preceded byBeryl Howell
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Preceded byBeryl Howell
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Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 2024–present
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Incumbent
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Preceded byBeryl Howell
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 2024–present
Incumbent

References

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  3. The New York Times
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  4. The Washington Post
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  5. The White House
    https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2024/01/10/president-biden-names-forty-fourth-round-of-judicial-nominees/
  6. "Amir Ali | Harvard Law School"
    https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/11772/Ali
  7. Jenner and Block Support Letter sent to Senate Judiciary Committee
    https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/download/jenner-and-block-attorneys-support-for-ali?download=1
  8. Above the Law
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  9. MarketWatch
    https://www.marketwatch.com/story/they-get-a-get-out-of-jail-free-card-why-law-enforcement-and-other-government-officials-are-protected-from-civil-lawsuits-2020-06-24
  10. MacArthur Justice
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  14. The Appellate Project
    https://theappellateproject.org/amir-h-ali
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  16. SCOTUSblog
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  17. Vox
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  18. Harvard Undergraduate Law Review
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  19. 2016 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary, https://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/year-end/2016year-endreport.pdf
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  20. The New York Times
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  21. Washington Post
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  22. The Vetting Room
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  25. American University Washington College of Law The Criminal Law Practitioner
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  26. Harvard Law School
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  27. SCOTUSblog
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    https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/02/08/2024/nominations
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  34. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 7, 2024"
    https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2024-03-07_-_ebm_-_results.pdf
  35. United States Senate
    https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00290.htm
  36. United States Senate
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  37. www.senate.gov
    https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1182/vote_118_2_00291.htm
  38. Amir Ali at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
    https://www.fjc.gov/node/13761895
  39. www.judiciary.senate.gov
    https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/press/releases/durbin-delivers-opening-statement-during-latest-judiciary-committee-hearing-on-judicial-nominations
  40. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
    https://civilrights.org/resource/the-leadership-conference-supports-the-confirmation-of-amir-ali/
  41. Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center
    https://www.macarthurjustice.org/macarthur-justice-center-names-amir-ali-as-executive-director/
  42. ABA
    https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/02/aba-files-legal-challences-against-federal-govt/
  43. The Independent
    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-federal-judge-usaid-foreign-aid-b2698085.html
  44. NBC News
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/judge-orders-trump-administration-reinstate-foreign-aid-funding-now-rcna192168
  45. NPR
    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/13/foreign-aid-funding-trump-administration-00204289
  46. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/legal/judge-orders-us-restore-funds-foreign-aid-programs-politico-reports-2025-02-14/
  47. CBS News
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/judge-blocks-trump-administration-from-canceling-foreign-aid-awards-in-place-before-his-inauguration/
  48. NPR
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    https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-usaid-defunding-president-order-federal-court-challenge-aids-coalition-2031066
  50. AP News
    https://apnews.com/article/funding-freeze-usaid-trump-d592d015249934827e023c65e644c51a
  51. NPR
    https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/25/g-s1-50701/usaid-freeze-judge
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    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/25/foreign-aid-funding-state-department-022736
  53. Reuters
    https://www.reuters.com/legal/trump-administration-says-it-cannot-meet-court-deadline-foreign-aid-payments-2025-02-26/
  54. NBC News
    https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/justice-department-judges-cant-comply-deadline-usaid-funds-rcna193837
  55. ABC News
    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/federal-judge-rules-trump-administration-pay-millions-foreign/story?id=119173659
  56. The Hill
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  59. www.stevevladeck.com
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  60. "Trump administration must make some foreign aid payments by Monday, judge rules"
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  61. The Associated Press
    https://apnews.com/article/usaid-trump-foreign-aid-funding-freeze-02e8ed553e55c79c43fe8811de952d02
  62. Politico
    https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/06/usaid-freeze-trump-ruling-00217156
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