""That case will always have an impact on me," Bush admitted. "There have been decisions, particularly sentencing decisions that I have made that I know sounded really strange. But the good news is, most of the people in our circuit, particularly those who have known me a long time, have backed me up. Civil case numbers have gone down, but criminal cases in the fast growing counties of the circuit have skyrocketed.“Since 1989, the Legislature has passed 178 new felonies, not counting the new felonies created during the last session,” Bush said. "When I started I was 30-years-old, had a full head of hair, didn't have all these wrinkles," Bush said jokingly. "But overall, I wouldn't trade it. Circuit Court of Appeals, tries to slip questions about his own controversial writings I enjoy just being out on the tractor bush hogging.”“That’s what I’m going to miss, the courthouse family,” Bush said, turning reflective. The United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit is one of 13 U.S. courts of appeal. That date is not picked at random.“I just like being out in the woods,” he said. Not the least of these is a talk he gave to a private Louisville club in which, stunningly, he chose, according to his written notes, to recite and apparently condone a quote by another author that employs an anti-gay slur: “I come here every year, and let me tell you one thing I’ve learned—this is no town to be giving people the impression you’re some kind of faggot.” Bush also has likened a woman’s right to decide whether to have an abortion to slavery, peddled discredited conspiracy theories about President Barack Obama, called for Nancy Pelosi to be “gag[ged]” when she made comments he disagreed with, and decried a change to passport forms that accounted for same-sex parents.On February 28, 2017, Judge Danny Boggs took senior status, and on May 8, 2017, President Trump nominated John K. Bush to fill the vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. “We have a wedding coming up. He plans on opening a mediation and arbitration service. But when the Legislature creates 178 new felonies not only is that a tremendous work load on the court system; sheriff’s offices, police departments, clerks’ office and our DAs.Bush, 60, is the second most senior circuit judge in the state, behind Randall Cole who serves DeKalb and Cherokee counties. He was appointed by Governor George Wallace in the late 1980s and has witnessed incredible change during his time on the bench from historic cases, rulings and new laws changing the way defendants are sentenced. While Bush is skeptical of quickly transitioning to a less structured life, he's looking forward to spending time with his family and getting back to old hobbies. Well, 29 years and 11 months to be exact.
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John B. Bush is a former judge of the 19th Judicial Circuit in Alabama. He was honored by acting Chief Justice Lyn Stewart, who commended Bush for helping her with a massive caseload while she was a circuit judge in Baldwin County.Bush fought for truth in sentencing to go into effect and says he's disappointed he didn't get to see that come to fruition while on the bench. On February 28, 2017, Judge Danny Boggs took senior status, and on May 8, 2017, President Trump nominated John K. Bush to fill the vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
"The people of the State of Alabama deserve it and we are a long way from it," Bush stated. "It'd be nice to impose a sentence, whether it be incarceration or probation, and that means exactly what you say. “We have a wedding coming up. Our oldest son, Clayton, is getting married in Smyrna (Georgia), so there is that to look forward to.”He’s not going to let all that judicial savvy go to waste. JUDGE COMMISSION DATE Edit link ; Chief Judge R. Guy Cole, Jr. December 26, 1995: Senior … After 30 years on the bench, Elmore County Circuit Judge John Bush is calling it a career. The D.C. This will be Cole’s last term, since state law bars judges from seeking re-election after their 70th birthday. The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm John Bush, a controversial Kentucky lawyer nominated by President Trump, as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. During his confirmation hearings, it was revealed that Bush had authored pseudonymous blog posts in which * Anti-gay blogger Judge John Bush calling out Kim Davis for “antihomosexual bias” is peak 2019. He plans on opening a mediation and arbitration service. But likely that will be after hunting season.Well, 29 years and 11 months to be exact. “It’s time,” Bush said of his decision to retire. Bush earned his B.S.