[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 172 (Wednesday, November 20, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S6652]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                       Nomination of Amir H. Ali

  Madam President, today, the Senate will vote to confirm Amir Ali to 
the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
  Mr. Ali received his B.S.E. from the University of Waterloo and his 
J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School. He then served as a law 
clerk to Judge Raymond C. Fisher on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
Ninth Circuit in Pasadena and Justice Marshall Rothstein on the Supreme 
Court of Canada in Ottawa.
  Following his clerkships, Mr. Ali joined Jenner & Block LLP as a 
litigation associate in the firm's Washington, DC, office, where he 
focused on complex civil litigation, regulatory litigation, and 
appeals. Since 2017, he has worked for the Roderick & Solange MacArthur 
Justice Center in Washington, DC, where he currently serves as 
president and executive director. His practice at the firm has included 
civil and criminal litigation at all levels of Federal and State 
judiciaries, as well as work before Federal administrative Agencies. 
Notably, Mr. Ali has served as the lead counsel on merits briefing in 
four U.S. Supreme Court cases, and he has argued three of them.
  In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Ali has directed Harvard Law 
School's Criminal Justice Appellate Clinic since 2019. He has also 
taught at the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke 
School of Law, Harvard Law School, and Georgetown University Law 
Center. His nomination has received support from groups and individuals 
from across a wide range of ideologies and backgrounds, and the 
American Bar Association rated him as ``well qualified'' to serve on 
the district court.
  Mr. Ali's significant litigation experience in private practice and 
at a nonprofit law firm makes him an outstanding nominee--and ensures 
that he will be a valuable addition to the district court. I urge my 
colleagues to join me in supporting his nomination.
  Madam President, I yield the floor.
  I suggest the absence of a quorum.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will call the roll.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
  Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent that the order 
for the quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. DURBIN. I ask unanimous consent that the rollcall vote begin 
immediately.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.