9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Career Highlights: 1923 - 2022. U.S. Army captain, 1943-46; U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, JAG Corps, 1960-69; private practice, Eugene, Oregon, 1951-55; Judge, Oregon Circuit Court, 1955-60; Justice, Supreme Court of Oregon, 1960-69; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1988-90; nominated September 1969, confirmed December 1969, assumed senior status January 1991
Law School: U Oregon Law School, 1951
Career Highlights: 1923 - 2022. U.S. Army captain, 1943-46; U.S. Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, JAG Corps, 1960-69; private practice, Eugene, Oregon, 1951-55; Judge, Oregon Circuit Court, 1955-60; Justice, Supreme Court of Oregon, 1960-69; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1988-90; nominated September 1969, confirmed December 1969, assumed senior status January 1991
Law School: U Oregon Law School, 1951
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Senior Circuit Judge Alfred Theodore Goodwin, looking back at age 88 on a long, sometimes contentious career on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, doesn't take himself very seriously.
"Now I'm a certified geezer," said the 1971 President Richard Nixon circuit court nominee who is best known for having concluded in 2002 that the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance is an u... (continued)
