Share this page. Follow Ballotpedia. Click here to follow election results! Ronald M. He joined the court in after being nominated by President George H. He served on senior status from until Whyte graduated from Wesleyan University with his bachelor's degree in and later graduated from the University of Southern California Law School with his J.
Whyte also served in the U. Navy JAG Corps from to Whyte became a private practice attorney licensed in the State of California from to and to Whyte took a three year hiatus due to active duty military service from to In , Whyte became a judge of the Superior Court of Santa Clara County , a position he served until joining the federal court in Whyte was confirmed by the Senate on February 6, , by unanimous consent and he received his commission on February 10, He served as a senior federal judge from until Judge Whyte on July 13, heard arguments on whether a law designed to stem violent animal rights protests is unconstitutional.
This was seen by legal experts as the nation's first legal showdown involving a Justice Department crackdown on activists accused of threats against medical researchers and others. Earlier this year, a grand jury indictment was issued against four activists charged with threats and vandalism against University of California medical researchers in Santa Cruz and Berkeley.
The legal team representing the defendants says that the law is too broad on the claim of legitimate free speech and the vagueness of the law puts citizens in a position cannot determine if they're committing a crime. Congress enacted the legislation in , in large part pushed by Democratic California Senator Dianne Feinstein in response to violent protests held at California research facilities. Those incidents included a string of attacks at UC-San Francisco between and , and a bombing at two bio-tech firms in California.
However, lawyers for the four defendants dismissed the law as a "regulation of ideas. Koh California. What's on my ballot? Elections in How to vote How to run for office Ballot measures.
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As quoted in the court's notice of his departure, Chief Judge Hamilton stated: Judge Whyte has anchored the San Jose Division of our court for nearly a quarter century as a colleague of vast ability who did so much for the court above and beyond managing his substantial caseload. Lillian J. After obtaining an outsized class judgment against a moderately capitalized defendant for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act TCPA and assignment of the defendant's "bad faith" claims against its insurer, Friends: The Reboot.
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