Nomination and Judicial Career
On February 21, 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated Manion for the bench, to a seat vacated by Wilbur Frank Pell, Jr.. In a radio address to the nation, Reagan stated, "I know to be a person who has the ability and determination to become the kind of judge the American people want in the Federal courts; one who believes in the rule of law, who reveres the Constitution, and whose sense of fairness and justice is above reproach."
The nomination was controversial, but Manion was confirmed on June 26, 1986, and received his commission on July 24, 1986.
Manion assumed senior status on December 18, 2007, but continues to hear cases regularly.
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