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Posted on: March 22, 2025 at 21:11:30 CT
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John McConnell
McConnell, the chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island, was nominated by Obama in 2011. He worked in private practice in Rhode Island from 1984 until his appointed to the federal bench.
He was the second judge to block the Trump administration's efforts to freeze federal funding in a lawsuit brought by nearly two dozen Democratic states. He ruled on Monday that the Trump administration hadn't fully followed his order from late January and directed the White House to release all remaining funds.