Judge Royce Lamberth
District of Columbia U.S. District Court
Royce Charles Lamberth was born in July 1943 in San Antonio, Texas. He earned an undergraduate degree and a bachelor of laws degree from the University of Texas, Austin. He served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps.
Lamberth became an assistant U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. He then served as chief of the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Lamberth was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to serve on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He was confirmed by the Senate and received his commission in November 1987. He presided over the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for seven years. He served as chief judge of the D.C. District Court for five years before assuming senior status in 2013.
In the News…
Judge Royce Lamberth of the D.C. U.S. District Court determined that President Donald Trump’s administration must have the approval of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board in order to dismiss Voice of America director Michael Abramowitz.
Judge Lamberth wrote, “The applicable statutory requirements could not be clearer: the director of Voice of America ‘may only be removed if such action has been approved by a majority of the vote,.”
“To the extent the Board’s current lack of quorum institutes a practical barrier to removing Abramowitz, the Broadcast Act gives the President a straightforward remedy: replacing the removed members,” the judge continued.
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The Honorable Royce Lamberth
District of Columbia U.S. District Court
E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse
333 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20001
