Karen L. Henderson

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Judge Karen LeCraft Henderson was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in July 1990, by President George H. W. Bush.

[edit] Background

She received her undergraduate degree from Duke University and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Following law school, she was in private practice in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. From 1973 to 1983, she was with the Office of the South Carolina Attorney General, ultimately in the position of Deputy Attorney General. In 1983, she returned to private practice as a member of the firm of Sinkler, Gibbs & Simons of Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina. In June 1986, Judge Henderson was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina where she served until her appointment to the D.C. Circuit.

[edit] Parker, et al. v. District of Columbia

In Parker, et al. v. District of Columbia, (2007), Henderson dissented, writing: "To sum up, there is no dispute that the Constitution, case law and applicable statutes all establish that the District is not a State within the meaning of the Second Amendment." (in layman's terms, she is saying that the Second Amendment does not apply to D.C. because it is not a state.). see WND link below.