Talk:Damon Keith

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Senators don't nominate federal judges. If he took office in 1967, he was nominated by LBJ. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.247.226.101 (talk) 08:01, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

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How was it that he was a judge of E.D. Mich. and 6th Cir. simultaneously for a month? MrArticleOne (talk) 23:23, 29 April 2019 (UTC)


 * Keith's term as a Judge of the Court of Appeals began when he received his commission (appointment) from the President. However, he did NOT take the oath of office immediately for the Court of Appeals, instead preferring to stay on the District Court for one more month, perhaps to close out pending trials he was presiding over. When he finally did take the oath of office for the Court of Appeals, he began his service on that court and his service and his term on the District Court ended on that day. So, as you can see, it is quite possible for terms to overlap on two different courts, though service can never overlap. Safiel (talk) 06:01, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
 * Interesting. My sense, for what it's worth, is that the dates should run from when the individual actually took office. For example, technically George Washington's term as President began on Mar. 4, 1789, but no almanac in the world would list that as a relevant date for his time as President. He took the oath on Apr. 30, and that's the date that sources always give. MrArticleOne (talk) 21:57, 1 May 2019 (UTC)
 * We have had some back and forth discussion on previous occasions as it refers to Supreme Court Justices. The issue is not fully settled. In a practical sense, however, I would prefer to use commission date in the infobox, since that date is universally available at FJC Bio, while the oath date for many Judges is not known, not easily available and in the cases of many earlier Judges, has been lost due to destruction of records by fire. I am open to modifying the Infobox officeholder template to allow for the inclusion separately of the oath date, if available. But, again, it is a matter that is not fully settled by the Wikipedia community, still open to discussion. Safiel (talk) 17:27, 3 May 2019 (UTC)
 * That's fair, and I readily concede I am not invested in the ongoing discussion on the subject. Just my 2¢. MrArticleOne (talk) 23:51, 3 May 2019 (UTC)