D.C. Circuit Judge’s Retirement Gives Trump Another Seat (2)

Judge Thomas B. Griffith will retire from his seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in the fall, giving President Donald Trump another appeals court vacancy to fill.

Griffith is a 15-year veteran of the D.C.-based circuit and an appointee of President George W. Bush. His retirement became public through a page Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts website listing future vacancies.

The judge made news last month when he authored the majority opinion in a case holding that House Democrats could not use the courts to compel the testimony of former White House ...