Judge Amy St. Eve
Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Amy Joan St. Eve was born in November 1965 in Belleville, Illinois. She earned an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and received her Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School. She entered the private practice of law in New York City.
She served two years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, then returned to private practice
St. Eve was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She was confirmed by the Senate and received her commission in August 2002.
She was nominated by President Donald Trump to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. She was confirmed by the Senate in a 91-0 vote and received her commission in May 2018.
She is married and has children.
In the News…
A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the Jackson County, Indiana, Courthouse display during the Christmas season was not unconstitutional.
“We conclude that the County’s nativity scene is constitutional because it fits within a long national tradition of using the nativity scene in broader holiday displays to celebrate the origins of Christmas as a public holiday,” Judge Amy St. Eve wrote for the majority.
The 2-1 decision reversed a lower court’s ruling that the nativity scene endorsed Christianity and lacked a secular purpose.
Judge St. Eve found the lower court used the wrong precedent to decide the case.
She wrote, “The County’s nativity scene is part of a larger Christmas display that contains various other symbols of Christmas, including Santa Claus in his sleigh, a reindeer, four carolers standing in front of a lamp post, and seven prominent candy-striped poles. The government’s celebration of Christmas comports with a broader pattern of government recognition of public holidays, Christian and non-Christian alike.”
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The Honorable Judge Amy J. St. Eve
Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse
219 S. Dearborn Street
Chicago, IL 60604
