Appointed by Terry McAuliffe Full Name Jane Marum Name Jane Roush | Preceded by LeRoy F. Millette, Jr. Spouse(s) David A. Roush | |
Born September 24, 1956 (age 67)
Massachusetts, U.S. ( 1956-09-24 ) Children Adam Roush
Abigail Roush Quintong
Emilie Roush Alma mater Wellesley College (A.B.)
University of Virginia (J.D.) | ||
Del. Dave Albo (R) Supports Judge Jane Marum Roush for Virginia Supreme Court
Jane Marum Roush (born September 24, 1956) is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia. On July 27, 2015, Governor Terry McAuliffe announced his appointment of Roush to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of Justice LeRoy F. Millette, Jr. effective July 31, 2015. Under the Constitution of Virginia, this original interim appointment was to expire thirty days after the commencement of the next session of the Virginia General Assembly, unless the legislature elected her to a full twelve-year term. On August 17, 2015, the General Assembly convened in special session but failed to elect anyone to the full twelve-year term before the Senate of Virginia purported to adjourn sine die. The Constitution prohibits one chamber of the legislature from adjourning for more than three days without the consent of the other chamber. The Governor claims that this provision applies only to regular sessions of the General Assembly; the House of Delegates and most Senate Republicans claim it applies to special sessions as well, and that the Senate's adjournment was invalid because the House did not consent. Because there is legal uncertainty about whether the legislature is still in session, it is unclear whether the governor may fill the vacancy created when Justice Roush's original interim appointment expired on September 16, 2015. Nevertheless, the governor announced his view that the legislature was not in session and purported to reappoint her for a second interim term. Whether this second interim appointment is valid or invalid has not been determined. If the second interim appointment is valid, it will expire on February 12, 2016, thirty days after the beginning of the next regular session of the General Assembly on January 13, unless the legislature elects her to a full twelve-year term.
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Roush graduated from Wellesley College in 1978 and obtained her law degree from the University of Virginia in 1981. She practiced at Boothe Pritchard & Dudley, which later became part of McGuireWoods LLP, and Hogan & Hartson, which later became part of Hogan Lovells. She was elected a judge of the circuit court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, encompassing Fairfax County, in 1993.