Background
Boasberg was born in San Francisco, California in 1963, to Sarah Margaret (Szold) and Emanuel Boasberg III.
Boasberg was born in San Francisco, California in 1963, to Sarah Margaret (Szold) and Emanuel Boasberg III.
Boasberg received an Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1985, where he was a member of Skull and Bones, and a Master of Studies the following year from Oxford University.
The family moved to Washington, District of Columbia when Boasberg"s father accepted a position in Sargent Shriver" General’ s Office of Economic Opportunity, a Great Society agency responsible for implementing and administering many of Lyndon B. Johnson"s War on Poverty programs. He then earned his law degree from Yale Law School in 1990. After completing law school, Boasberg served as a law clerk for Judge Dorothy West. Nelson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
In September 2002, Boasberg became an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, where he served in the Civil and Criminal Divisions and the Domestic Violence Branch until his appointment to the federal bench in 2011.
During the 111th Congress, Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton recommended Boasberg to fill a judicial vacancy on the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. On June 17, 2010, President Barack Obama formally nominated Boasberg to the District Court for the District of Columbia.
Boasberg was confirmed on March 14, 2011 by a vote of 96 ayes to 0 nays. He received his commission on March 17, 2011.
Osama Bin Laden Photos
On April 26, 2012, Judge Boasberg ruled that the public had no right to view government photos of a deceased Osama Bin Laden.
Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group, had filed a request under the Freedom of Information Acting, but were unsuccessful in convincing the Judge that FOIA rights outweighed national-security factors. Registered Tax Return Preparer Regulations
On January 18, 2013, Judge Boasberg issued a permanent injunction prohibiting the Internal Revenue Service from enforcing regulations on Registered Tax Return Preparers, which otherwise required tax return preparers to register with the Internal Revenue Service and pass a written test as evidence of competency. Loving v. Internal Revenue Service, Number.
12-385 (USDC District of Columbia 1/18/2013).
The Internal Revenue Service plans to appeal. Appointment to United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
On February 7, 2014 Chief Justice John G. Roberts announced that he would appoint Boasberg to the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court for a term starting May 18, 2014 to a seat being vacated by Reggie Walton.
His term began May 18, 2014
Boasberg married Elizabeth Leslie Manson in 1991.