Richard Honaker - Revision history

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 {{Infobox officeholder
 | name=Richard Henderson<br> "Dick" Honaker
 | office=[[Wyoming]] State Represenatative<br> for Sweetwater County
 | party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (1994)

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 Honaker was one of two children adopted by Hayward E. Honaker (1911–2001) and the former Faola Henderson (born 1917) in Laramie in Albany County in southern Wyoming. He has a sister, who was born in 1954. The Honakers were of [[Switzerland|Swiss]] ethnicity; originally "Honegger," they came in the early 18th century to [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]]. One of Honaker's ancestors was with [[George Rogers Clark]] in the march to Vincennes, [[Indiana]], during the [[American Revolution]]. The Honakers settled in western [[Virginia]], and most Honakers still reside in either Virginia or [[West Virginia]].<ref name=honaker>Statement of Richard Honaker, April 24, 2008.</ref>
-Honaker's paternal family came to Laramie in 1919 and operated a [[grocery store]] and meat market. His maternal family came to the Bighorn Country in 1915 and farmed sugar beets. Honaker graduated in 1969 from Laramie High School and was the first member of his family to receive a college degree. He procured his [[Bachelor of Arts]] with honors in [[English]] and [[government]] in 1973 from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]]. At Harvard, Honaker and the later [[U.S. Senator]] [[Al Franken]] of [[Minnesota]] (who resigned under a cloud in 2017), washed dishes together as work-study students. Still another classmate of Honaker's was the assassinated [[Benazir Bhutto]] of [[Pakistan]]. At Harvard, he was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club.<ref name=honaker/>
+Honaker's paternal family came to Laramie in 1919 and operated a [[grocery store]] and meat market. His maternal family came to the Bighorn Country in 1915 and farmed sugar beets. Honaker graduated in 1969 from Laramie High School and was the first member of his family to receive a college degree. He procured his [[Bachelor of Arts]] with honors in [[English]] and [[government]] in 1973 from [[Harvard University]] in Cambridge, [[Massachusetts]]. At Harvard, Honaker and the later [[U.S. Senator]] [[Al Franken]] of [[Minnesota]] (who resigned under a cloud in January 2018), washed dishes together as work-study students. Still another classmate of Honaker's was the assassinated [[Benazir Bhutto]] of [[Pakistan]]. At Harvard, he was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club.<ref name=honaker/>
 In 1976, Honaker obtained his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the University of Wyoming Law School in Laramie. He worked his way through law school by working as the night editor of ''The Laramie Boomerang.''<ref name=honaker/> Honaker is recognized by ''Super Lawyers'' magazine as among the top 5 percent of attorneys in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superlawyers.com/badges/lawyer/735c539b-5f53-47c0-97ed-1e211551cbe3.html|title=Richard Honaker, "Super Lawyer" in Rock Springs, Wyoming|publisher=Superlawyers.com|accessdate=September 9, 2019}}</ref> In 1989, he was licensed to practice before the [[United States Supreme Court]]. In 1989, Honaker was licensed to practice before the [[United States Supreme Court]].

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 '''Richard Henderson Honaker''', known as '''Dick Honaker''' (born March 10, 1951), is an [[attorney]] in Rock Springs, [[Wyoming]], who was nominated on March 19, 2007, by [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]] to serve as one of three U.S. District Court judges for the entire state of Wyoming. The nomination was given the highest "well qualified" rating by the judicial evaluation committee of the [[American Bar Association]]. Honaker was initially recommended to Bush by [[U.S. Senator]] Craig L. Thomas of Wyoming, who died some three months later. Honaker had co-chaired Thomas' reelection campaign in 2006 in Rock Springs.<ref>[http://www.trib.com/articles/2008/02/13/news/wyoming/cbf20cc16060049c872573ee0006a0bc.txt Casper Star-Tribune Online - Wyoming<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
-Honaker never obtained a Senate vote on his confirmation. The succession of [[Barack H. Obama]] to the presidency ended his candidacy. Had he been confirmed, Honaker would have succeeded Judge Clarence A. Brimmer in [[Cheyenne (city)|Cheyenne]], Wyoming. Nancy D. Freudenthal was subsequently nominated by Obama and confirmed to the seat.<ref name=bneary>{{cite web|url=http://www.trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_76f75627-95c4-5449-84fa-ffb5f123255a.html|title=Gov nominates wife for federal court: Nancy Freudenthal among three names on list sent to Obama|publisher=''The Casper Star-Tribune''|date=May 14, 2009|accessdate=September 9, 2019}}</ref>
+Honaker never obtained a Senate vote on his confirmation. The succession of [[Barack H. Obama]] to the presidency ended his candidacy. Had he been confirmed, Honaker would have succeeded Judge Clarence A. Brimmer in [[Cheyenne (city)|Cheyenne]], Wyoming. Nancy D. Freudenthal, the wife of Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, was subsequently nominated by Obama and confirmed to the seat.<ref name=bneary>{{cite web|url=http://www.trib.com/news/state-and-regional/article_76f75627-95c4-5449-84fa-ffb5f123255a.html|title=Gov nominates wife for federal court: Nancy Freudenthal among three names on list sent to Obama|publisher=''The Casper Star-Tribune''|date=May 14, 2009|accessdate=September 9, 2019}}</ref>
 ==Background==

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 {{Infobox officeholder
-| name=Richard Henderson "Dick" Honaker
+| name=Richard Henderson<br> "Dick" Honaker
-| office=[[Wyoming]] State Represenativive<br> for Sweetwater County
+| office=[[Wyoming]] State Represenatative<br> for Sweetwater County
 | party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (1994)
 | term_start=1987

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 In 1994, Honaker represented a political action committee that sought to get the anti-abortion measure on the ballot as a statewide initiative. The case was reported as ''Wyoming NARAL v. Karpan''. Honaker was not involved in drafting the initiative because he maintained that the ''Casey'' decision had rendered the measure moot. "My client, the PAC, thought otherwise and paid me to represent their views. . . . I won the case, and then the voters of Wyoming voted down the initiative" by a 61-39 percent margin," Honaker explained.<ref name=honaker/>
-At the time, Honaker said: "Unborn children are human beings, and abortion is the taking of the life of an unborn child who is a member of the human race," a statement which alarmed pro-choice advocates. Honaker has, however, procured support from some abortion supporters for the judicial seat, such as Robert Shively, a Casper lawyer who formerly represented Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains,<ref>Letter from Robert Shively to U. S. Senator [[Patrick Leahy]], July 12, 2007.</ref> Kate Fox of Cheyenne, who formerly represented Wyoming NARAL in the case,<ref>Letter from Kate Fox to Patrick Leahy, July 16, 2007.</ref> and former Democratic state Senator Lisa Kinney<ref>Letter from Lisa Kinney to[Patrick Leahy, July 5, 2007.</ref> and Bob Reese,<ref>Bob Reese, Guest Editorial, ''The Casper Star-Tribune,'' February 24, 2008.</ref> and State Representative Don Sullivan of Cheyenne.<ref>Letter from Don Sullivan to U.S. Senator [[Joseph Biden]] of [[Delaware]], February 21, 2008.</ref>
+At the time, Honaker said: "Unborn children are human beings, and abortion is the taking of the life of an unborn child who is a member of the human race," a statement which alarmed pro-choice advocates. Honaker has, however, procured support from some abortion supporters for the judicial seat, such as Robert Shively, a Casper lawyer who formerly represented Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains,<ref>Letter from Robert Shively to U. S. Senator [[Patrick Leahy]], July 12, 2007.</ref> Kate Fox of Cheyenne, who formerly represented Wyoming NARAL in the case,<ref>Letter from Kate Fox to Patrick Leahy, July 16, 2007.</ref> and former Democratic state Senator Lisa Kinney<ref>Letter from Lisa Kinney to Patrick Leahy, July 5, 2007.</ref> and Bob Reese,<ref>Bob Reese, Guest Editorial, ''The Casper Star-Tribune,'' February 24, 2008.</ref> and State Representative Don Sullivan of Cheyenne.<ref>Letter from Don Sullivan to U.S. Senator [[Joseph Biden]] of [[Delaware]], February 21, 2008.</ref>
 Eric M. Alden of Wheatland in southeastern Wyoming, a Republican former legislator who opposed Honaker's anti-abortion bills, was nevertheless quoted accordingly in ''The Casper Star-Tribune'':

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 ==Home state support for judicial nomination==
-Shortly before his death, Senator Thomas released a statement which asserts that Honaker "has a broad range of experience over the last thirty years in both state and federal courts in Wyoming. While his credentials are certainly outstanding, I am particularly impressed with his character and his values which are deeply rooted in Wyoming. He has the right judicial philosophy &mdash; he knows the importance of interpreting the law while not legislating from the bench."<ref name=judicialselection>{{cite web|url=http://www.pinedaleonline.com/news/2007/03/RichardHonakerselect.htm|title=Richard Honaker selected for U.S. District Judge:
+Shortly before his death, Senator Thomas released a statement which asserts that Honaker "has a broad range of experience over the last thirty years in both state and federal courts in Wyoming. While his credentials are certainly outstanding, I am particularly impressed with his character and his values which are deeply rooted in Wyoming. He has the right judicial philosophy &mdash; he knows the importance of interpreting the law while not legislating from the bench."<ref name=judicialselection>{{cite web|url=
-President selects Rock Springs, Wyoming, attorney to serve on U.S. District Court|author=U.S. Senator Craig Thomas press release|publisher=Pinedaleonline.com|date=March 28, 2007|accessdate=September 9, 2019}}</ref>
+http://www.pinedaleonline.com/news/2007/03/RichardHonakerselect.htm|title=Richard Honaker selected for U.S. District Judge: President selects Rock Springs, Wyoming, attorney to serve on U.S. District Court|author=U.S. Senator Craig Thomas press release|publisher=Pinedaleonline.com|date=March 28, 2007|accessdate=September 9, 2019}}</ref>
 Republican U.S. Senator [[Mike Enzi]] also hailed Honaker's nomination: "[He] will be an excellent jurist . . . He has the experience and the temperament to serve our state and the judiciary well. . . . He knows the difference between legislating—from his experience as a Wyoming representative—and judging—from all his years of court work. Since the criteria is fairness, I want to assure you, Richard is among the fairest people I know."<ref name=judicialselection/>