{{Short description|United States federal judge (1938–2022)}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | honorific_suffix = | image = 7th Circuit Judges Wood, Easterbrook, Kanne (cropped).png | alt = | caption = | office = Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | term_start = May 20, 1987 | term_end = June 16, 2022 | appointer = Ronald Reagan | predecessor = Jesse E. Eschbach | successor = Joshua P. Kolar | office1 = Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana | term_start1 = February 9, 1982 | term_end1 = May 21, 1987 <!--Termination date per FJC Bio, reflects oath date at Seventh Circuit--> | appointer1 = Ronald Reagan | predecessor1 = Phil McClellan McNagny Jr. | successor1 = Rodolfo Lozano | pronunciation = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|12|21}} | birth_place = Rensselaer, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|06|16|1938|12|21}} | death_place = Rensselaer, Indiana, U.S. | death_cause = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | citizenship = | party = | other_party = | height = | spouse = Judith Kanne | partner = | relations = | children = 2 | parents = | mother = | father = | relatives = | education = Indiana University Bloomington (BS)<br>Indiana University Maurer School of Law (JD) | alma_mater = | occupation = | profession = | known_for = | salary = | net_worth = | cabinet = | committees = | portfolio = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = <!--Embedded templates / Footnotes--> | footnotes = }}
'''Michael Stephen Kanne''' (December 21, 1938 – June 16, 2022) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
==Education and career==
Born in Rensselaer, Indiana, Kanne received a Bachelor of Science degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|title=Honoree: Michael S. Kanne, Maurer School of Law Academy of Law Alumni Fellows|url=https://honorsandawards.iu.edu/search-awards/honoree.shtml?honoreeID=6174|publisher=Indiana University Mauer School of Law|access-date=June 28, 2017|date=1999}}</ref> He served as a lieutenant in the United States Air Force from 1962 to 1965.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Van Vuren|first1=Zachary|title=Veterans honored|url=http://www.newsbug.info/kankakee_valley_post_news/news/veterans-honored/article_809acebe-7403-5420-bf7d-7b88a48aebeb.html|access-date=June 29, 2017|work=Kankakee Valley Post News|publisher=Community Media Group LLC|date=November 16, 2011|quote=Kanne, a Rensselaer native, served in active duty for the Air Force from 1962 to 1965.}}</ref> He then received a Juris Doctor from Indiana University Maurer School of Law in 1968.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Notable Alumni: Michael Stephen Kanne|journal=Notable Alumni|date=January 1938|url=http://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/notablealumni/30/|publisher=Indiana University Mauer School of Law|access-date=June 28, 2017}}</ref>
He was in private practice in Rensselaer, Indiana from 1968 to 1972, working as a city attorney for the City of Rensselaer in 1972.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shelhart|first1=Cheri|title=Judges visit Government classes|url=http://www.newsbug.info/kankakee_valley_post_news/news/judges-visit-government-classes/article_6a1c571e-0545-11e5-b8ed-5750785fb9f2.html|access-date=June 29, 2017|work=Kankakee Valley Post News|publisher=Community Media Group LLC|date=May 29, 2015|quote=Kanne is a resident of Rensselaer.}}</ref> He was a judge on the 30th Judicial Circuit of Indiana<ref>{{cite web|title=Judicial Circuits of Indiana|url=http://www.in.gov/judiciary/3906.htm|publisher=Indiana State Courts|access-date=June 28, 2017}}</ref> from 1972 to 1982, and was a lecturer at St. Joseph's College from 1976 to 1989, and at St. Francis College in Fort Wayne, Indiana, from 1990 to 1991.<ref name="fjc.gov">{{cite web|url=https://www.fjc.gov/history/judges/kanne-michael-stephen|title=Kanne, Michael Stephen profile: Federal Judicial Center|website=fjc.gov|access-date=December 27, 2017}}</ref>
==Federal judicial service==
On December 4, 1981, Kanne was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana vacated by Judge Phil McClellan McNagny Jr.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bodenhamer|first1=David J.|last2=Shepard|first2=Randall T.|title=History of Indiana Law|date=2006|publisher=Ohio University Press|location=Columbus, OH|isbn=0821416375|page=323, fn 79|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7l_50bq5ZJMC&q=%22judge+kanne%22&pg=PT291|access-date=June 28, 2017}}</ref> Kanne was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 8, 1982, and received his commission on February 9, 1982.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> During a prosecution of the New Chicago Chief of Police in Kanne's court, he quipped that New Chicago is the "most corrupt square mile in America."<ref>{{cite news|last1=James|first1=Rich|title=Ethics is learned skill, not common sense|url=http://www.nwitimes.com/news/opinion/columnists/rich-james/rich-james-ethics-is-learned-skill-not-common-sense/article_e94e0ca1-f491-52b3-bc04-859a2c7b759e.html|access-date=June 28, 2017|work=The Times (Munster, IN)|publisher=NWI Times|date=August 21, 2013}}</ref> His service terminated on May 21, 1987, due to elevation to the court of appeals.<ref name="fjc.gov"/>
On February 2, 1987, Reagan nominated Kanne to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit vacated by Judge Jesse E. Eschbach.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Tybor|first1=Joseph R.|title=Reagan Picks Indiana Judge For Appeals Seat|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/01/31/reagan-picks-indiana-judge-for-appeals-seat/|access-date=June 28, 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|date=January 31, 1987}}</ref> Kanne was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 19, 1987,<ref>{{cite news|title=Kanne Confirmed For U.S. Appellate Court|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/05/21/kanne-confirmed-for-us-appellate-court/|access-date=June 28, 2017|work=Chicago Tribune|date=May 21, 1987}}</ref> and received his commission on May 20, 1987.<ref name="fjc.gov"/> On June 7, 2017, Representative Louie Gohmert (Texas Dist. 1) noted Kanne's conservative judicial philosophy, stating that: "There are only two reliable originalists on the court, Michael Kanne and Diane S. Sykes."<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Gohmert|first1=Louie|title=Issues of the Day|url=https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/2017/6/7/house-section/article/h4693-1?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22%5C%22michael+kanne%5C%22%22%5D%7D&r=2|journal=Congressional Record, 115th Congress, 1st Session|date=June 7, 2017|volume=163|issue=97|pages=H4693–H4698}}</ref>
In February 2018, Kanne announced his intention to assume senior status upon the confirmation of a successor, provided that said successor would be one of his former law clerks, Indiana Solicitor General Tom Fisher. However, President Donald Trump ultimately declined to nominate Fisher following internal opposition from Vice President Mike Pence; as a result, Kanne rescinded his decision to assume senior status in May 2018, instead opting to remain as an active judge.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1014158793578565632|user=ZoeTillman|title=Some news: In February, the judiciary put 7th Circuit Judge Michael Kanne on its list of upcoming vacancies, with his senior status date as "TBD." Turns out he rescinded his decision to take senior status in May — I spoke with the judge today, and here's what he said:|url=https://twitter.com/zoetillman/status/1014158793578565632}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Johnson |first=Eliana |date=July 12, 2019 |title=Why Pence spiked a Trump judge |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/12/mike-pence-kanne-judge-trump-1411915 |publisher=POLITICO |accessdate=May 15, 2021}}</ref>
Kanne remained in active service until his death on June 16, 2022.<ref name="fjc.gov"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/news/Circuit_Judge_Kanne_Announcement.pdf|title=Circuit Judge Kanne Announcement|publisher=U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit|date=June 17, 2022}}</ref> His seat on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals remained vacant until January 30, 2024, when Joshua P. Kolar was confirmed as his successor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-senate-confirms-40th-appellate-judge-under-biden-2024-01-30/|title=U.S. Senate confirms 40th appellate judge under Biden|website=Reuters|date=January 30, 2024}}</ref>
===Notable cases===
In December 2017, Kanne supported the 4–3 en banc decision to reverse an earlier federal magistrate judgement that a confession had been unlawfully coerced from 16-year-old Brendan Dassey. The dissenting opinion described this decision as 'a travesty of justice'.
On August 27, 2019, Kanne dissented in ''Box v. Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky, Inc.'' when David F. Hamilton and Ilana Rovner blocked a parental notification requirement for abortions in Indiana.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/indiana-abortion-notice-injunction-upheld-by-divided-7th-cir|title=Indiana Abortion Notice Injunction Upheld by Divided 7th Cir}}</ref> The 7th circuit denied rehearing 6–5 on November 1, 2019, with Kanne dissenting again, joined by Joel Flaum, Amy Coney Barrett, Michael B. Brennan, and Michael Y. Scudder. Frank Easterbrook wrote a concurrence calling on the Supreme Court to take up the case,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apnews.com/e6de8db5267445bb8473b808fd24a9af|title=Full appeals court won't rehear Indiana abortion law case|website=Associated Press |date=November 2019}}</ref> which it in fact did.
==See also== * List of United States federal judges by longevity of service
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{FJC Bio|1225|nid=1383056|name=Michael Stephen Kanne<!--(1938–2022)-->}} * Kanne, Michael (October 10, 1995). [https://www.thelawyer.com/issues/9-october-1995/architecture-a-room-with-a-view-to-do-justice/ Architecture. A room with a view to do justice]. ''The Lawyer (UK)''. * [https://www.c-span.org/person/?michaelkanne Oral argument before Michael Kanne] (video 1:09 mins), in ''USA v. Randy Johnson''. November 30, 2016. C-Span.
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