Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Aleta Arthur Trauger (born 1945) is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.Born in Denver, Colorado, Trauger received a B.A. from Cornell College in 1968, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Vanderbilt University in 1972, and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1976. She was a clerk and associate in private practice in Tennessee from 1974 to 1977. She was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Tennessee from 1977 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1982, serving in the Northern District of Illinois from 1979 to 1980. She was in private practice from 1983 to 1984, and was legal counsel to the College of Charleston from 1984 to 1985, returning to private practice from 1985 to 1991. She was a Chief of staff, Office of the Mayor, Nashville, TN from 1991 to 1992.From 1993 to 1998, she was a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.On September 22, 1998, President Bill Clinton nominated Trauger to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee vacated by John T. Nixon. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 21, 1998, and received her commission on October 22, 1998.On March 14, 2014, Judge Trauger issued a preliminary injunction ordering Tennessee to recognize the marriages of three same-sex couples consummated out-of-state. In her ruling, Judge Trauger did not directly hold Tennessee's ban unconstitutional, but stated that, \"At some point in the future, likely with the benefit of additional precedent from circuitcourts and, perhaps, the Supreme Court, the court will be asked to make a final ruling on theplaintiffs’ claims. At this point, all signs indicate that, in the eyes of the United StatesConstitution, the plaintiffs’ marriages will be placed on an equal footing with those ofheterosexual couples and that proscriptions against same-sex marriage will soon become afootnote in the annals of American history\"."@en }
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- Aleta_Arthur_Trauger abstract "Aleta Arthur Trauger (born 1945) is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee.Born in Denver, Colorado, Trauger received a B.A. from Cornell College in 1968, a Master of Arts in Teaching from Vanderbilt University in 1972, and a J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School in 1976. She was a clerk and associate in private practice in Tennessee from 1974 to 1977. She was an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Tennessee from 1977 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1982, serving in the Northern District of Illinois from 1979 to 1980. She was in private practice from 1983 to 1984, and was legal counsel to the College of Charleston from 1984 to 1985, returning to private practice from 1985 to 1991. She was a Chief of staff, Office of the Mayor, Nashville, TN from 1991 to 1992.From 1993 to 1998, she was a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee.On September 22, 1998, President Bill Clinton nominated Trauger to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee vacated by John T. Nixon. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 21, 1998, and received her commission on October 22, 1998.On March 14, 2014, Judge Trauger issued a preliminary injunction ordering Tennessee to recognize the marriages of three same-sex couples consummated out-of-state. In her ruling, Judge Trauger did not directly hold Tennessee's ban unconstitutional, but stated that, \"At some point in the future, likely with the benefit of additional precedent from circuitcourts and, perhaps, the Supreme Court, the court will be asked to make a final ruling on theplaintiffs’ claims. At this point, all signs indicate that, in the eyes of the United StatesConstitution, the plaintiffs’ marriages will be placed on an equal footing with those ofheterosexual couples and that proscriptions against same-sex marriage will soon become afootnote in the annals of American history\".".