James Lane Buckley
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| Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
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Assumed office August 31, 1996 |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
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In office December 17, 1985 – August 31, 1996 |
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| Appointed by | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Edward Allen Tamm |
| Succeeded by | John Roberts |
| Counselor of the Department of State | |
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In office September 9, 1982 – September 26, 1982 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Robert McFarlane |
| Succeeded by | Ed Derwinski |
| Undersecretary of State for International Security Affairs | |
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In office February 28, 1981 – August 20, 1982 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Matthew Nimetz |
| Succeeded by | William Schneider, Jr. |
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United States Senator from New York |
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In office January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
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| Preceded by | Charles Goodell |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
| Personal details | |
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James Lane Buckley March 9, 1923 New York City, New York |
| Political party |
Conservative (Before 1976) Republican (1976–present) |
| Education |
Yale University (B.A.) Yale Law School (LL.B.) |
James Lane Buckley (born March 9, 1923) is an inactive Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He served as a United States Senator from the state of New York as a member of the Conservative Party of New York from January 3, 1971 to January 3, 1977. He was vice president and director of the Catawba Corporation from 1953 to 1970, and also served as Undersecretary of State for Security Assistance 1981–1982, as well as President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. 1982–1985.
Buckley was also the lead petitioner in a landmark Supreme Court case, Buckley v. Valeo, which "shaped modern campaign-finance law." He successfully challenged the constitutionality of a law limiting campaign spending in Congressional races.
In the 1970 election he was elected to the U.S. Senate as the nominee of the Conservative Party of New York, winning 38.7 percent of the vote in a six-candidate race, and served from 1971 until 1977. To date he has been the only candidate of his party, and the last third party registrant, to be successfully nominated and elected to the U.S. Congress.
In the Senate Buckley introduced landmark legislation enacted by Congress to protect student records—the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) — as well as the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA), which requires parental consent prior to administration of student surveys on any of eight sensitive topics.
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