Who is Robert Pitman, the judge who blocked the Texas abortion bill?
The ruling thrust the federal judge into the national spotlight, but the lifelong Texan has drawn controversy before.
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman has ruled the restrictive abortion law in Texas supported by Governor Greg Abbott is unconstitutional. Above, Abbott speaks during a press conference on June 8.Pitman was born in Fort Worth and received a Bachelor of Science degree from Abilene Christian University, a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law and a Master of Studies degree in international human rights law from the University of Oxford.
After years working as an attorney, Pitman was chosen to serve as a United States magistrate judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas in 2003. Texas lawmakers, impressed with his work as a magistrate judge, recommended Pitman to PresidentThe recommendation of the openly gay Pitman was opposed by some conservatives in the state, even though his name was given to Obama by Texas Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison, who are both Republican.
In 2014, Obama gave him another assignment, as a U.S. district judge for the Western District of Texas. The appointment made Pitman the first openly gay judge to sit on the federal bench in Texas.
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