1. Reed Charles O'Connor was born on June 1,1965 and is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
23 Facts About Reed O'Connor
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Reed O'Connor was nominated by President George W Bush in 2007.
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Critics claim that O'Connor has become a "go-to" favorite for conservative lawyers, as he reliably rules against Democratic policies and for Republican policies.
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Reed O'Connor has widely been described as conservative, and many of his rulings have been reversed on appeal.
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Reed O'Connor was in private practice in Texas from 1989 to 1994 and an assistant district attorney with the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office in Fort Worth, Texas from 1994 to 1998.
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Reed O'Connor then served as Assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of Texas from 1998 to 2007.
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On June 27,2007, O'Connor was nominated by President George W Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated by A Joe Fish.
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Reed O'Connor has widely been described as conservative, and many of his rulings have been reversed on appeal.
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Reed O'Connor has long been active in the Federalist Society, and is a contributor who has frequently spoken at the organization's events in Texas.
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On February 11,2015, Reed O'Connor held that a portion of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 was unconstitutional.
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On March 26,2015, Reed O'Connor enjoined the federal government's definition of marriage as it relates to the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.
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Reed O'Connor dissolved the injunction following the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v Hodges.
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On December 31,2016, in a separate case, O'Connor issued a preliminary injunction against enforcement of the Obama administration's regulations implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act as a likely violation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act and what he said was an improper inclusion of gender identity discrimination.
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In early 2018, O'Connor held the Certification Rule of the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional in Texas v Commissioner of Internal Revenue, finding it violated the nondelegation doctrine.
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In 2018, Reed O'Connor ruled that the Indian Child Welfare Act was unconstitutional.
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In 2022, Reed O'Connor issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Pentagon from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for its Navy Seals.
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In October 2022, Reed O'Connor ruled that the Boeing Company committed criminal acts when not disclosing the MCAS system of the FAA.
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In VanDerStok v Garland, O'Connor issued a nationwide injunction blocking a rule issued in 2022 by the ATF that classified receiver blanks as "firearms" or firearm "frames or receivers" within the meaning of the Gun Control Act.
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Reed O'Connor determined that the ATF rule exceeded the agency's authority, ruling that receiver blanks were not firearms or firearm receivers.
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The US has appealed to the Fifth Circuit, and Reed O'Connor's injunction was administratively stayed by the US Supreme Court pending further proceedings.
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Judge Reed O'Connor drew additional scrutiny after published reports revealed that he owned stock in Tesla, another company run by Musk.
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On December 14,2018, Reed O'Connor ruled that the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional.
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Coverage recommendations are driven by the volunteer US Preventive Services Task Force; Reed O'Connor ruled that enforcing these recommendations was "unlawful" and violated the Appointments Clause of the US Constitution.