Robert E. Jones (judge)
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| Robert Edward Jones | |
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Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon
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| Assumed office 1990 |
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| Nominated by | George H.W. Bush |
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| Preceded by | James M. Burns |
| Succeeded by | Michael W. Mosman |
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84th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court
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| In office 1983 – 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Jacob Tanzer |
| Succeeded by | Susan P. Graber |
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| Born | 1927 Portland, Oregon |
Robert Edward Jones (b. 1927) is an American politician and judge in Oregon. He is currently a senior judge for the United States District Court for the District of Oregon in the Portland. A Portland native, he previously served as the 84th Associate Justice on the Oregon Supreme Court and as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives.
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[edit] Early life
Jones was born in 1927 in Portland, Oregon.[1] After high school Jones joined the United States Naval Reserve and attended the University of Hawaii where he earned a bachelors of arts in 1949.[1] He then enrolled at the Northwestern School of Law at Lewis & Clark College in Portland where he graduated in 1953 with a LL.B..[1] While in the Naval Reserve he served in the Judge Advocate General Corps from 1949 to 1987.[1]
[edit] Legal career
After law school Robert Jones entered private legal practice in Portland where he remained until 1963.[1] In 1963 he entered politics when he served in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican representing Portland.[2] However he resigned before the special session held later that year.[3] Jones resigned in order to become a circuit judge in Multnomah County, Oregon, where he remained until 1982.[1]
On December 16, 1982, Robert E. Jones was appointed by Oregon Governor Victor G. Atiyeh to the Oregon Supreme Court.[4][5] He replaced Jacob Tanzer who had resigned.[5] Jones served on Oregon’s highest court until April 30, 1990, when he resigned.[5] Jones left that court in order to become a federal judge for U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon when he was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to replace James M. Burns.[1] After nomination on February 20, 1990, he was confirmed by the Senate on April 27 and then received is federal commission on April 30, 1990.[1] Jones then became a federal senior judge on May 1, 2000[1] and is also a senior judge in Oregon.[6]
As a federal judge he upheld Oregon’s Assisted Suicide law against a federal challenge in April of 2002.[7] U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft had challenged the law based on federal laws concerning controlled substances.[7] In 2003[8] to 2004 he was the presiding judge of the case involving Mike Hawash of the Portland Seven in which Hawash received a seven year sentence for conspiring to fight in Afghanistan for the Taliban against United States forces.[9] Then in 2005 he ruled against the Bush administration in their efforts to reduce protection of gray wolves under the Endangered Species Act.[10]
Judge Jones is a former president of the Oregon Trial Lawyers Association, an adjunct member of the Lewis & Clark Law School faculty, part of the National Judicial College, and a faculty member of the American Academy of Judicial Education.[11]
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Federal Judicial Profile: Robert E. Jones. Website of the Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved on June 11, 2007.
- ^ Oregon Legislature: 1963 Regular Session. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- ^ Oregon Legislature: 1963 Special Session. Oregon State Archives. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- ^ Oregon Blue Book: Oregon Governors. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- ^ a b c Oregon Blue Book: Supreme Court Justices of Oregon. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- ^ Oregon Blue Book: Senior Judges. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved on January 25, 2008.
- ^ a b Federal judge upholds Oregon assisted-suicide law. CNN.com. April 17, 2002. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.
- ^ Oregon resident Maher Hawash charged in ‘Portland Six’ conspiracy. U.S. Dept. of Justice. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.
- ^ Ben Jacklet and Janine Robben. Hawash regrets ‘worst decision’. Portland Tribune, April 10, 2004. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.
- ^ Mulford, Tanya. Wolves Win: Federal Judge Upholds Endangered Species Act Protections. The Humane Society of the United States. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.
- ^ Federal Civil Trials and Evidence. The Rutter Group. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.
