| 词条 | Callie V. Granade |
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| honorific-prefix = | name = Callie V. S. Granade | honorific-suffix = | image = | alt = | caption = | office = Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | term_start = March 7, 2016 | term_end = | office1 = Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | term_start1 = 2003 | term_end1 = 2010 | predecessor1 = Charles Randolph Butler Jr. | successor1 = William H. Steele | office2 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama | term_start2 = February 12, 2002 | term_end2 = March 7, 2016 | nominator2 = | appointer2 = George W. Bush | predecessor2 = Alex T. Howard, Jr. | successor2 = Jeff Beaverstock | pronunciation = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|03|07}} | birth_place = Lexington, Virginia | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | nationality = | party = | otherparty = | height = | spouse = | partner = | relations = | children = | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | residence = | education = Hollins College (B.A.) University of Texas School of Law (J.D.) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | religion = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }} Callie Virginia Smith "Ginny" Granade (born March 7, 1950) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama. Early life and educationBorn in Lexington, Virginia, Granade graduated from Hollins College with her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972 and later from University of Texas School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1975. She is the granddaughter of former Judge Richard Rives, the federal judge who wrote the majority opinion in Browder v. Gayle finding Montgomery, Alabama's bus segregation unconstitutional. Legal careerFollowing law school graduation, she became a law clerk to John Godbold of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1975 to 1976. She was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Alabama from 1977 to 2001, and an interim United States Attorney in that district from 2001 to 2002. Federal judicial careerOn the recommendation of Senators Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby, Granade was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama by President George W. Bush on September 4, 2001, to a seat vacated when Alex T. Howard, Jr. retired from Federal Judicial Service in senior status. Granade was confirmed by the Senate on February 4 and received her commission on February 12, 2002. She served as Chief Judge from 2003 to 2010. She assumed senior status on March 7, 2016. Searcy v. StrangeOn January 23, 2015, Granade issued a ruling striking down Alabama's ban on same-sex marriage as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's guarantees of equal protection and due process.[1] References1. ^{{cite web|last1=Galloway |first1=Drew |url=http://whnt.com/2015/01/23/federal-judge-strikes-down-alabama-laws-banning-same-sex-marriage/|title=Federal judge strikes down Alabama laws banning same-sex marriage|website=WHNT-TV |publisher=Tribune Broadcasting|accessdate=January 23, 2015|date=January 23, 2015}} Sources
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