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m{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Douglas Ginsburg
|image = Ginsburg-Douglas.jpg
|office = Chief Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]]
|term_start = July 16, 2001
|term_end = February 11, 2008
|predecessor = [[Harry T. Edwards|Harry Edwards]]
|successor = [[David B. Sentelle|David Sentelle]]
|office1 = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]]
|appointer1 = [[Ronald Reagan]]
|term_start1 = October 14, 1986
|term_end1 = October 14, 2011
|predecessor1 = [[J. Skelly Wright|Skelly Wright]]
|successor1 = [[Nina Pillard]]
|birth_name = Douglas Howard Ginsburg
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|5|25}}
|birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|spouse = {{nowrap|Claudia DeSecundy {{small|(1968–1980)}}}}<br>Hallee Perkins Morgan {{small|(Divorced)}}<br>[[Deecy Gray]] {{small|(2007–present)}}
|education = [[Cornell University]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])}}<br>[[University of Chicago]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}}
}}
'''Douglas Howard Ginsburg''' (born May 25, 1946) is a judge on the [[United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit]]. He was appointed to this court at age forty in October 1986 by [[President of the United States|President]] [[Ronald Reagan]], and served as its chief judge from July <!--16-->2001 until February<!-- 10,--> 2008.
Ginsburg was nominated by Reagan to fill a [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] vacancy left by [[Lewis F. Powell, Jr.]] in October 1987,<ref name=msdomong>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O6tRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ixIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4318%2C6506375 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |agency=Associated Press |title=Democrats open-minded on Ginsburg |date=October 30, 1987 |page=1, part 1 }}</ref><ref name=ppynj>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tuhVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=eeEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5230%2C7290671|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon |agency=Associated Press |title=President picks young, novice judge |date=October 30, 1987 |page=1A}}</ref> but soon withdrew from consideration after his earlier [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] use created a controversy.<ref name=lnsgaupi>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=U68zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JzIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=5946%2C555078 |newspaper=Lodi News-Sentinel |agency=UPI |title=Ginsburg admits marijuana use |date=November 6, 1987 |page=1 }}</ref><ref name=gwacnmerg>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=QehVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=euEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5388%2C1691294 |newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard |location=Oregon|agency=wire service reports|title=Ginsburg withdraws as court nominee|date=November 8, 1987 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=srdffgwd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZbsyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=m-8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5995%2C4998133 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Drug furor forces Ginsburg's withdrawal |date=November 8, 1987 |page=A1}}</ref>
He is of [[Jew]]ish descent.<ref>[http://articles.latimes.com/1987-11-08/news/mn-21569_1_doug-ginsburg/2 Collapse of the Ginsburg Nomination: At the End, Ginsburg Stood Alone – and Still a Puzzle]. [[John M. Broder]]. [[Los Angeles Times]]. November 8, 1987.</ref>
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