Cory T. Wilson

Cory Todd Wilson (born August 8, 1970)[2] is an American attorney, politician, and jurist serving as a Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Wilson is also a United States Circuit Judge–Designate of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He is a former nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi.

Cory T. Wilson
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Designate
Assuming office
TBD
Appointed byDonald Trump
SucceedingE. Grady Jolly
Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals
Assumed office
February 15, 2019
Appointed byPhil Bryant
Preceded byKenny Griffis
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the 73rd district
In office
January 5, 2016 – February 14, 2019
Preceded byBrad Oberhousen[1]
Succeeded byJill Ford
Personal details
Born
Cory Todd Wilson

(1970-08-08) August 8, 1970
Pascagoula, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Mississippi (BBA)
Yale University (JD)

Early life and education

Wilson was born in Pascagoula, Mississippi. He earned his Bachelor of Business Administration, graduating summa cum laude, from the University of Mississippi and his Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, where he served on the Yale Law Journal.[3]

Upon graduation from law school, Wilson served as a law clerk to Judge Emmett Ripley Cox of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He also served as a White House Fellow in the Department of Defense as a Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld from 2005 to 2006. Prior to his elected service, Wilson served as Senior Advisor and Counsel in the Mississippi State Treasurer's Office and as Deputy Secretary of State in the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office.[3]

Wilson has been an intermittent member of the Federalist Society, including while at Yale Law School from 1992–1995, and then joining the Mississippi chapter from 1996–2005 and again since 2019.[4]

Mississippi House of Representatives

Wilson served as a member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2016 to 2019.[3]

State judicial service

In December 2018, Wilson was appointed to the Mississippi Court of Appeals to the seat vacated by Kenny Griffis, who was elevated to the Mississippi Supreme Court.[5] He was sworn into office on February 15, 2019.[6]

Federal judicial service

Withdrawn nomination to district court

On August 28, 2019, Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Wilson to serve as a United States District Judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. On October 15, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Wilson to the seat vacated by Judge Louis Guirola Jr., who took senior status on March 23, 2018.[7] On January 3, 2020, his nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[8] On January 6, 2020, his renomination was sent to the Senate.[9] A hearing on his nomination before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on January 8, 2020.[10] During his confirmation hearing, Wilson's past comments on social media about President Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez were scrutinized, as well as his previous stances as a state legislator regarding abortion, LGBT rights, the Affordable Care Act,[11][12] and voting rights.[13] On May 4, 2020, his nomination was withdrawn, as he was nominated to be a Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit instead.[14]

Nomination to court of appeals

On March 30, 2020, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Wilson to serve as a United States Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. On May 4, 2020, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Wilson to the seat vacated by Judge E. Grady Jolly, who assumed senior status on October 3, 2017.[14] On May 18, 2020, the American Bar Association rated Wilson as "well qualified," its highest rating.[15] On May 20, 2020, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[16] On June 11, 2020, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to report Wilson's nomination to the Senate floor by a party-line 12–10 vote.[17][18] On June 22, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a vote of 51–43. On June 24, 2020, the Senate confirmed his nomination by a 52–48 vote.[19] He is currently awaiting his judicial commission.

Wilson's confirmation marked the confirmation of the 200th Article III federal judge nominated by Donald Trump.[20][21]

See also

References
  1. "Our Campaigns – MS State House 073 Race – Nov 03, 2015".
  2. "Our Campaigns – Candidate – Cory T. Wilson".
  3. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominee" White House, August 28, 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Cory Wilson
  5. "Cory T. Wilson appointed to Mississippi Court of Appeals". WTVA News. December 19, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  6. "Court of Appeals Judge Cory Wilson to take oath Feb. 15". courts.ms.gov. State of Mississippi Judiciary. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
  7. "Twenty-five Nominations and Three Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" White House, October 15, 2019
  8. "PN1176 – Nomination of Cory T. Wilson for The Judiciary, 116th Congress (2019–2020)". www.congress.gov. January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  9. "Twenty-one Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, January 6, 2020
  10. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for January 8, 2020
  11. "Judge Pick Would Ax Tweets on Clinton, Obama, if Confirmed (1)". news.bloomberglaw.com. January 8, 2020. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  12. Ryan, Tim (January 8, 2020). "Mississippi Judicial Pick Grilled Over Record as Lawmaker". Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  13. Nazaryan, Alexander (February 12, 2020). "Trump is elevating judges who could gut the Voting Rights Act". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 24, 2020.
  14. "Thirty Nominations and One Withdrawal Sent to the Senate", The White House, May 4, 2020
  15. https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/government_affairs_office/webratingchart-trump116.pdf
  16. Nominations for May 20, 2020
  17. Daly, Matthew; Press, Associated (June 11, 2020). "Senate panel advances Mississippi appeals court nominee". Houston Chronicle.
  18. Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 11, 2020, Senate Judiciary Committee
  19. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Cory T. Wilson, of Mississippi to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit)". United States Senate. June 24, 2020. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  20. "Trump's 200th Judge Will Mean Decades of Fighting for Our Rights". Rewire.News. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
  21. Hulse, Carl (June 24, 2020). "With Wilson Confirmation, Trump and Senate Republicans Achieve a Milestone". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved June 24, 2020.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Kenny Griffis		 Judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals
2019–2020		 Vacant
Preceded by
E. Grady Jolly		 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
2020–present		 Incumbent
Mississippi House of Representatives
Preceded by
Brad Oberhousen		 Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the 73rd district
2016–2019		 Succeeded by
Jill Ford
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