Judith W. Rogers

Judith Ann Wilson Rogers (born July 27, 1939) is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

Early life and career Judith Ann Wilson was born on July 27, 1939, in New York City. Her father is noted architect John Louis Wilson Jr., known for his work in designing public buildings in New York City.

Rogers received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Radcliffe College of Harvard University in 1961, a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1964, and a Master of Laws from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1988.

Federal judicial service Rogers was nominated by President Bill Clinton on November 17, 1993, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated by Judge Clarence Thomas. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 10, 1994. She received her commission on March 11, 1994. She became the fourth woman to be appointed to the court. On June 3, 2022, she announced her intent to assume senior status in September 2022. She assumed senior status on September 1, 2022.

In August 2017, Rogers partially dissented when the court found that mandatory minimum sentences as applied to the Nisour Square massacre killers were unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishments.

In February 2020, Rogers dissented when the majority held that the United States House Committee on the Judiciary could not enforce a subpoena upon President Trump's former White House Counsel, Don McGahn.

On November 12, 2021, Rogers wrote for the unanimous panel in allowing the USPS regulator to set higher mail rates.