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|name = Amalya Kearse
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|office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]]
| office = [[Senior status|Senior Judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]]
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| term_start = June 11, 2002
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|office1 = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]]
| office1 = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]]
|appointer1 = [[Jimmy Carter]]
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|term_start1 = June 21, 1979
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|term_end1 = June 11, 2002
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|predecessor1 = Seat established
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|successor1 = [[Reena Raggi]]
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|birth_place = [[Vauxhall, New Jersey|Vauxhall]], [[New Jersey]], U.S.
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| education = [[Wellesley College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Michigan Law School|University of Michigan]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
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'''Amalya Lyle Kearse''' (born June 11, 1937)<ref name=NYT1979>Goldstein, Tom. "Amalya Lyle Kearse; Woman in the News", ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 25, 1979.</ref> is a [[United States federal judge|senior United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] and a world-class [[contract bridge|bridge]] player.
'''Amalya Lyle Kearse''' (born June 11, 1937)<ref name=NYT1979>Goldstein, Tom. "Amalya Lyle Kearse; Woman in the News", ''[[The New York Times]]'', June 25, 1979.</ref> is a [[United States federal judge|senior United States circuit judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]] and a world-class [[contract bridge|bridge]] player.


==Education and legal career==
==Education and legal career==
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Kearse was born in [[Vauxhall, New Jersey]]<ref name=NYT1979/> to physician Dr. [[Myra Smith Kearse|Myra Lyle Smith Kearse]] of [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]], [[Virginia]], and postmaster Robert Freeman Kearse; her maternal grandparents were schoolteachers Clara Roberta Alexander Smith and [[T. Parker Smith|Theodore Parker Smith]].<ref>Moses, Sibyl E. ''African American Women Writers in New Jersey, 1836-2000: A Biographical Dictionary and Bibliographic Guide''. Rutgers University Press, 2003. p. 99</ref> She attended [[Columbia High School (New Jersey)|Columbia High School]] in [[Maplewood, New Jersey|Maplewood]], New Jersey. A [[philosophy]] major and 1959 [[Alumnus|graduate]] of [[Wellesley College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree, she was the only black woman in her [[law school]] class at the [[University of Michigan Law School]]. She was an editor of the law review and graduated with a [[Juris Doctor]] ''[[Latin honors|cum laude]]'' in 1962. She entered private practice in [[New York City]] and rose to become a partner in the respected [[Wall Street]] firm of [[Hughes Hubbard & Reed]]. She was an adjunct lecturer at [[New York University Law School]] from 1968 to 1969.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|1236|nid=1383111|name=Amalya Lyle Kearse<!--(1937–)-->}}</ref>


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===Federal judicial service===
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Kearse was born in [[Vauxhall, New Jersey|Vauxhall]], [[New Jersey]].<ref name=NYT1979/> Her parents were physician [[Myra Smith Kearse|Myra Lyle Smith Kearse]] of [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]], [[Virginia]], and postmaster Robert Freeman Kearse; her maternal grandparents were schoolteachers Clara Roberta Alexander Smith and [[T. Parker Smith|Theodore Parker Smith]].<ref>Moses, Sibyl E. African American Women Writers in New Jersey, 1836-2000: A Biographical Dictionary and Bibliographic Guide. Rutgers University Press, 2003. p99</ref> She attended [[Columbia High School (New Jersey)|Columbia High School]] in [[Maplewood, New Jersey|Maplewood]], New Jersey. A [[philosophy]] major and 1959 [[Alumnus|graduate]] of [[Wellesley College]] with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree, she was the only black woman in her [[law school]] class at the [[University of Michigan Law School]]. She was an editor of the law review and graduated with a [[Juris Doctor]] ''[[Latin honors|cum laude]]'' in 1962. She entered private practice in [[New York City]] and rose to become a partner in the respected [[Wall Street]] firm of [[Hughes Hubbard & Reed]]. She was an adjunct lecturer at [[New York University Law School]] from 1968 to 1969.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|1236|nid=1383111|name=Amalya Lyle Kearse<!--(1937–)-->}}</ref>

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==Federal judicial service==

Kearse was nominated by President [[Jimmy Carter]] on May 3, 1979, to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]], to a new seat authorized by 92 Stat. 1629. She was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on June 19, 1979, and received her commission on June 21, 1979. At the time, she was the first woman and only the second black person (after [[Thurgood Marshall]]) on the court.<ref name=NYT1979/> She assumed [[senior status]] on June 11, 2002.<ref name="auto"/>
Kearse was nominated by President [[Jimmy Carter]] on May 3, 1979, to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit]], to a new seat authorized by 92 Stat. 1629. She was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on June 19, 1979, and received her commission on June 21, 1979. At the time, she was the first woman and only the second black person (after [[Thurgood Marshall]]) on the court.<ref name=NYT1979/> She assumed [[senior status]] on June 11, 2002.<ref name="auto"/>


Kearse was the author of the 1984 decision ''McCray v. Abrams'', a case in which she developed a test that made it much harder for jurors to be struck because of their race.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://openjurist.org/750/f2d/1113/mccray-v-abrams|title=Michael McCRAY, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Robert ABRAMS, Respondent-Appellant.|website=Open Jurist|date=December 4, 1984|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/jimmy-carter-diversity-judges-donald-trump-court-nominees.html|title=Carter’s Quiet Revolution|website=Slate|date=July 14, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref> The Supreme Court would develop a test similar to Kearse's in ''[[Batson v. Kentucky]]''.
Kearse was the author of the 1984 decision ''McCray v. Abrams'', a case in which she developed a test that made it much harder for jurors to be struck because of their race.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://openjurist.org/750/f2d/1113/mccray-v-abrams|title=Michael McCRAY, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Robert ABRAMS, Respondent-Appellant.|website=Open Jurist|date=December 4, 1984|volume=F2d |issue=750 |page=1113 |access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/jimmy-carter-diversity-judges-donald-trump-court-nominees.html|title=Carter's Quiet Revolution|website=Slate|date=July 14, 2019|access-date=October 23, 2021}}</ref> The Supreme Court would develop a test similar to Kearse's in ''[[Batson v. Kentucky]]''.


===Supreme Court Shortlist===
===Supreme Court shortlist===


In 1981, Kearse became the first African-American woman to be shortlisted for an appointment as an [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]; [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] eventually nominated [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] for the position instead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://19thnews.org/2022/03/amalya-lyle-kearse-first-black-woman-shortlisted-supreme-court/|title=41 years before Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amalya Lyle Kearse was considered for the Supreme Court|website=19thnews.org|date=March 2, 2022|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>
In 1981, Kearse became the first African-American woman to be [[shortlist]]ed for an appointment as an [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]; [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]] eventually nominated Judge [[Sandra Day O'Connor]] of the [[Arizona Court of Appeals]] for the position instead.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://19thnews.org/2022/03/amalya-lyle-kearse-first-black-woman-shortlisted-supreme-court/|title=41 years before Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amalya Lyle Kearse was considered for the Supreme Court|website=19thnews.org|date=March 2, 2022|access-date=April 7, 2022}}</ref>


===Consideration for United States Attorney General===
===Consideration for United States attorney general===


In 1993, Kearse was considered by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Bill Clinton]] for appointment as [[United States Attorney General]]; the job eventually went to [[Janet Reno]].
In 1993, Kearse was considered by President [[Bill Clinton]] for appointment as [[United States Attorney General]]; the job eventually went to [[Janet Reno]].{{cn|date=March 2023}}


==Bridge career==
==Bridge career==
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===Honors===
===Honors===


* [[ACBL Hall of Fame]], Blackwood Award 2004<ref name=HOFby>[http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year "Induction by Year"]. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.</ref><ref name=ACBLhof>[http://web5.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/members/kearse-amalya "Kearse, Amalya"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319002830/http://web5.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/members/kearse-amalya/ |date=2016-03-19 }}. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.</ref>
* [[ACBL Hall of Fame]], Blackwood Award 2004<ref name=HOFby>[http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year "Induction by Year"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205191454/http://www.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/induction-by-year/ |date=2014-12-05 }}. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.</ref><ref name=ACBLhof>[http://web5.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/members/kearse-amalya "Kearse, Amalya"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319002830/http://web5.acbl.org/about-acbl/hall-of-fame/members/kearse-amalya/ |date=2016-03-19 }}. ''Hall of Fame''. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.</ref>


===Awards===
===Awards===

* Charles H. Goren Award (Personality of the Year) 1980
* Charles H. Goren Award (Personality of the Year) 1980


===Wins===
===Wins===

* [[World Women Pairs Championship|World Women's Pairs]] (1) 1986
* [[World Women Pairs Championship|World Women's Pairs]] (1) 1986
* [[North American Bridge Championships]] (6)
* [[North American Bridge Championships]] (6)
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===Runners-up===
===Runners-up===

* [[North American Bridge Championships]] (3)
* [[North American Bridge Championships]] (3)
** [[Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match|Mixed Board-a-Match Teams]] (1) 1996
** [[Chicago Mixed Board-a-Match|Mixed Board-a-Match Teams]] (1) 1996
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===Publications===
===Publications===

* {{cite book
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{FJC Bio|1236|nid=1383111|name=Amalya Lyle Kearse<!--(1937–)-->}}
* {{FJC Bio|1236|nid=1383111|name=Amalya Lyle Kearse<!--(1937–)-->}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Brenner|first1=Hannah|last2=Knake|first2=Renee Newman|title=Shortlisted |journal=UCLA Women's Law Journal|date=Summer 2017|volume=24|issue=2|page=88|ssrn=2850599}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Brenner|first1=Hannah|last2=Knake|first2=Renee Newman|title=Shortlisted |journal=UCLA Women's Law Journal|date=Summer 2017|volume=24|issue=2|page=88|doi=10.5070/L3242037775 |ssrn=2850599|doi-access=free}}
* {{ACBLhof|kearse-amalya|Amalya Kearse}}
* {{ACBLhof|kearse-amalya|Amalya Kearse}}
* {{WBF|8899|Amalya Kearse}}
* {{WBF|8899|Amalya Kearse}}
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Latest revision as of 03:48, 15 May 2024

Amalya Kearse
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Assumed office
June 11, 2002
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
In office
June 21, 1979 – June 11, 2002
Appointed byJimmy Carter
Preceded bySeat established
Succeeded byReena Raggi
Personal details
Born
Amalya Lyle Kearse

(1937-06-11) June 11, 1937 (age 86)
Vauxhall, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationWellesley College (BA)
University of Michigan (JD)

Amalya Lyle Kearse (born June 11, 1937)[1] is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and a world-class bridge player.

Education and legal career[edit]

Kearse was born in Vauxhall, New Jersey[1] to physician Dr. Myra Lyle Smith Kearse of Lynchburg, Virginia, and postmaster Robert Freeman Kearse; her maternal grandparents were schoolteachers Clara Roberta Alexander Smith and Theodore Parker Smith.[2] She attended Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. A philosophy major and 1959 graduate of Wellesley College with a Bachelor of Arts degree, she was the only black woman in her law school class at the University of Michigan Law School. She was an editor of the law review and graduated with a Juris Doctor cum laude in 1962. She entered private practice in New York City and rose to become a partner in the respected Wall Street firm of Hughes Hubbard & Reed. She was an adjunct lecturer at New York University Law School from 1968 to 1969.[3]

Federal judicial service[edit]

Kearse was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on May 3, 1979, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, to a new seat authorized by 92 Stat. 1629. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 19, 1979, and received her commission on June 21, 1979. At the time, she was the first woman and only the second black person (after Thurgood Marshall) on the court.[1] She assumed senior status on June 11, 2002.[3]

Kearse was the author of the 1984 decision McCray v. Abrams, a case in which she developed a test that made it much harder for jurors to be struck because of their race.[4][5] The Supreme Court would develop a test similar to Kearse's in Batson v. Kentucky.

Supreme Court shortlist[edit]

In 1981, Kearse became the first African-American woman to be shortlisted for an appointment as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; President Ronald Reagan eventually nominated Judge Sandra Day O'Connor of the Arizona Court of Appeals for the position instead.[6]

Consideration for United States attorney general[edit]

In 1993, Kearse was considered by President Bill Clinton for appointment as United States Attorney General; the job eventually went to Janet Reno.[citation needed]

Bridge career[edit]

Kearse is also known as a world-class bridge player. In 1986, playing with longtime partner Jacqui Mitchell, she won the World Women Pairs Championship, which earned her the title of World Bridge Federation World Life Master. She is also a seven-time U.S. national champion of the game.

Honors[edit]

Awards[edit]

  • Charles H. Goren Award (Personality of the Year) 1980

Wins[edit]

Runners-up[edit]

Publications[edit]

  • — (1990). Bridge Convention Complete (Revised and Expanded ed.). Louisville, KY: Devyn Press, Inc. p. 1121. ISBN 0-910791-76-7.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Goldstein, Tom. "Amalya Lyle Kearse; Woman in the News", The New York Times, June 25, 1979.
  2. ^ Moses, Sibyl E. African American Women Writers in New Jersey, 1836-2000: A Biographical Dictionary and Bibliographic Guide. Rutgers University Press, 2003. p. 99
  3. ^ a b Amalya Lyle Kearse at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  4. ^ "Michael McCRAY, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Robert ABRAMS, Respondent-Appellant". Open Jurist. F2d (750): 1113. December 4, 1984. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  5. ^ "Carter's Quiet Revolution". Slate. July 14, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  6. ^ "41 years before Ketanji Brown Jackson, Amalya Lyle Kearse was considered for the Supreme Court". 19thnews.org. March 2, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
  7. ^ "Induction by Year" Archived 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine. Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  8. ^ "Kearse, Amalya" Archived 2016-03-19 at the Wayback Machine. Hall of Fame. ACBL. Retrieved 2014-12-21.

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