Saundra Armstrong
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Saundra Armstrong is a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. She joined the court in 1991 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush.
Early life and education
A California native, Armstrong graduated from Merritt College with her Associate's Degree in 1967 and also graduated from Fresno State with her Bachelor's Degree in 1969 and later graduated from the University of San Francisco School of Law with her Juris Doctorate Degree in 1977. While pursuing her law degree, Armstrong was a police officer with the 0 to Oakland Police Department from 1970 to 1977.
Legal career
Armstrong began her career as a Judicial extern in the California Courts of Appeal in 1977 before becoming Deputy district attorney for Alameda County from 1978 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1982. In 1982, Armstrong joined the U.S. Department of Justice as a Trial attorney in the Public Integrity Section from 1982 to 1983 before being nominated by President Reagan as Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission from 1983 to 1986 and again was nominated by President Reagan as Commissioner of the U.S. Parole Commission from 1986 to 1989 before becoming a Superior Court Judge in the Alameda County Superior Court from 1989 to 1991 and also served as a Senior consultant in the California Assembly Committee on Criminal Justice from 1979 to 1980
Federal judicial career
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Pete Wilson, Armstrong was nominated by President George Bush on April 25, 1991 to a seat vacated by William Ingram as Ingram assumed senior status. Armstrong was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 14, 1991 on unanimous consent and received commission on June 18, 1991[1].
Rulings
On June 18, 2009, Armstrong struck down two local ballot initiatives that voters in the cities of Arcata and Eureka, California, had approved in November 2008. The measures, Measure F and Measure J, prohibited military recruitment in the two California cities of youth under the age of 18.
Armstrong ruled that the anti-recruitment measures violate the clause of the federal Constitution that establishes the Constitution, federal statutes and treaties as the supreme law of the land. Government attorneys had argued that military recruitment falls under the purview of the federal government and that it cannot be regulated by state or local governments.[2]
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