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Adalberto Jordan, the Glossary

Adalberto Jose Jordan (born December 7, 1961) is an American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.^[1]

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American judges of Cuban descent
Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Adjunct professor

An adjunct professor is a type of academic appointment in higher education who does not work at the establishment full-time.

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Alma mater

Alma mater (almae matres) is an allegorical Latin phrase used to proclaim a school that a person has attended or, more usually, from which one has graduated.

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Antonin Scalia

Antonin Gregory Scalia (March 11, 1936 – February 13, 2016) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his death in 2016.

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Appeal

In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision.

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Assistant United States Attorney

An assistant United States attorney (AUSA) is an official career civil service position in the U.S. Department of Justice composed of lawyers working under the U.S. Attorney of each U.S. federal judicial district. Adalberto Jordan and assistant United States Attorney are assistant United States Attorneys.

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Associate attorney

An associate attorney is a lawyer and an employee of a law firm who does not hold an ownership interest as a partner.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.

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Barack Obama judicial appointment controversies

U.S. President Barack Obama nominated over 400 individuals for federal judgeships during his presidency.

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Barack Obama Supreme Court candidates

President Barack Obama made two successful appointments to the Supreme Court of the United States.

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Bill Clinton

William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.

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Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)

Robert Clinton Smith (born March 30, 1941) is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district from 1985 to 1990 and the state of New Hampshire in the United States Senate from 1990 to 2003.

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Cloture

Cloture (also), closure or, informally, a guillotine, is a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end.

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Commercial law

Commercial law (or business law), which is also known by other names such as mercantile law or trade law depending on jurisdiction; is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of persons and organizations engaged in commercial and business activities.

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Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Dissenting opinion

A dissenting opinion (or dissent) is an opinion in a legal case in certain legal systems written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion of the court which gives rise to its judgment.

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En banc

In law, an en banc (alternatively in banc, in banco or in bank) session is when all the judges of a court sit to hear a case, not just one judge or a smaller panel of judges.

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Equal Protection Clause

The Equal Protection Clause is part of the first section of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Filibuster

A filibuster is a political procedure in which one or more members of a legislative body prolong debate on proposed legislation so as to delay or entirely prevent a decision.

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Harry Reid

Harry Mason Reid Jr. (December 2, 1939 – December 28, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1987 to 2017.

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Harvard Law Review

The Harvard Law Review is a law review published by an independent student group at Harvard Law School.

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Havana

Havana (La Habana) is the capital and largest city of Cuba.

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Juris Doctor

A Juris Doctor, Doctor of Jurisprudence, or Doctor of Law (JD) is a graduate-entry professional degree that primarily prepares individuals to practice law.

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Latin honors

Latin honours are a system of Latin phrases used in some colleges and universities to indicate the level of distinction with which an academic degree has been earned.

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Law clerk

A law clerk, judicial clerk, or judicial assistant is a person, often a lawyer, who provides direct counsel and assistance to a lawyer or judge by researching issues and drafting legal opinions for cases before the court.

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Lenore Carrero Nesbitt

Lenore Carrero Nesbitt (July 19, 1932 – October 6, 2001) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Adalberto Jordan and Lenore Carrero Nesbitt are Hispanic and Latino American judges, Hispanic and Latino American lawyers, judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and university of Miami School of Law alumni.

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List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama

Following is a comprehensive list of all Article III and Article IV United States federal judges appointed by President Barack Obama during his presidency, as well as a partial list of Article I federal judicial appointments, excluding appointments to the District of Columbia judiciary.

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List of federal judges appointed by Bill Clinton

Following is a list of all Article III United States federal judges appointed by President Bill Clinton during his presidency.

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List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists

This is a list of Hispanic/Latino Americans who are or were judges, magistrate judges, court commissioners, or administrative law judges. Adalberto Jordan and list of Hispanic and Latino American jurists are Hispanic and Latino American judges.

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List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 8)

Law clerks have assisted the justices of the United States Supreme Court in various capacities since the first one was hired by Justice Horace Gray in 1882.

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Miami

Miami, officially the City of Miami, is a coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the seat of Miami-Dade County in South Florida.

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Miami Herald

The Miami Herald is an American daily newspaper owned by The McClatchy Company and headquartered in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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New Hampshire

New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Partner (business rank)

A partner in a law firm, accounting firm, consulting firm, or financial firm is a highly ranked position, traditionally indicating co-ownership of a partnership in which the partners were entitled to a share of the profits as "equity partners".

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Poll taxes in the United States

A poll tax is a tax of a fixed sum on every liable individual (typically every adult), without reference to income or resources.

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Robin L. Rosenberg

Robin Lee Rosenberg (born January 22, 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and former Florida circuit court judge. Adalberto Jordan and Robin L. Rosenberg are judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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Ron DeSantis

Ronald Dion DeSantis (born September 14, 1978) is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 46th governor of Florida.

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Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O'Connor (March 26, 1930 – December 1, 2023) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006.

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Senior status

Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges.

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Squire Patton Boggs

Squire Patton Boggs is an international law firm with over 40 offices in 20 countries.

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St. Brendan High School

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Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.

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Susan H. Black

Susan Sims Harrell Black (born October 20, 1943) is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Adalberto Jordan and Susan H. Black are judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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Thomas Alonzo Clark

Thomas Alonzo Clark (December 20, 1920 – September 4, 2005) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and later the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Adalberto Jordan and Thomas Alonzo Clark are judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

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Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Twenty-fourth Amendment (Amendment XXIV) to the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.

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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.) is a federal appellate court over the following U.S. district courts.

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United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (in case citations, S.D. Fla. or S.D. Fl.) is the federal United States district court with territorial jurisdiction over the southern part of the state of Florida.

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United States federal judge

In the United States, a federal judge is a judge who serves on a court established under Article Three of the U.S. Constitution.

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United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress.

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United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary

The United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, informally known as the Senate Judiciary Committee, is a standing committee of 21 U.S. senators whose role is to oversee the Department of Justice (DOJ), consider executive and judicial nominations, and review pending legislation.

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University of Miami

The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida.

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University of Miami School of Law

The University of Miami School of Law (Miami Law or UM Law) is the law school of the University of Miami, a private research university in Coral Gables, Florida.

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Voice vote

In parliamentary procedure, a voice vote (from the Latin viva voce, meaning "by live voice") or acclamation is a voting method in deliberative assemblies (such as legislatures) in which a group vote is taken on a topic or motion by responding vocally.

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Walk-on (sports)

In American and Canadian college athletics, a walk-on is someone who becomes part of a college team without being recruited or awarded an athletic scholarship.

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2018 Florida Amendment 4

Florida Amendment 4, also the Voting Rights Restoration for Felons Initiative, is an amendment to the constitution of the U.S. state of Florida passed by ballot initiative on November 6, 2018, as part of the 2018 Florida elections.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalberto_Jordan

Also known as Adalberto J. Jordan, Adalberto Jose Jordan, Jordan, Adalberto.

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American judges of Cuban descent

Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

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