On Monday, January 29, Gregory E. Maggs, Arthur Selwyn Miller Research Professor, was confirmed by the Senate by voice vote to be a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. President Trump announced his intent to nominate individuals to federal judgeships in September 2017.
"We are incredibly proud that Greg Maggs has been confirmed to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. Our nation and military forces will greatly benefit from his service," said Dean and Robert Kramer Research Professor of Law Blake D. Morant.
Professor Maggs is also the Co-Director of the National Security & U.S. Foreign Relations Law LLM Program. He joined the faculty in 1993 and currently teaches and writes in the areas of constitutional law, counterterrorism, military justice, and national security law. Professor Maggs is the co-author of a leading military law casebook, Modern Military Justice: Cases and Materials, and has published two related books, along with dozens of articles in the fields of constitutional law and national security. In addition to his academic work, he serves as a Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Professor Maggs received his commission in 1990 and was mobilized from 2007 to 2008. From 2007 to 2017, he served as a reserve trial and appellate military judge. Upon graduation from law school, Professor Maggs served as a law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Anthony M. Kennedy and to Judge Joseph T. Sneed of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.