Daniel Anthony Manion

On February 21, 1986, President Ronald Reagan nominated Manion to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, to a seat vacated by Judge Wilbur Frank Pell Jr. In a radio address to the nation, President Reagan stated, "I know [Daniel Manion] to be a person who has the ability and determination to become the kind of judge the American people want in the federal courts; one who believes in the rule of law, who reveres the Constitution, and whose sense of fairness and justice is above reproach."[6]

The ABA rated Manion "qualified/unqualified." Criticism of him as a nominee came for spelling and grammatical errors in legal briefs submitted to the Senate Judiciary Committee and for his support for the John Birch Society. He became the first of President Reagan's judicial nominees to fail to win support from the Judiciary Committee.[7] The nomination was controversial;[4] Manion was confirmed 48-46 on June 26, 1986 and reaffirmed 50-49 on July 23, 1986 with Vice President George Bush casting a tie-breaking vote.[2][4] Manion received his commission on July 24, 1986.[2] He assumed senior status on December 18, 2007.[2]

• Ernst v. City of Chicago, 837 F.3d 788 (7th Cir. 2016). (ruling in favor of female paramedics who brought Title VII gender-discrimination lawsuit against the City of Chicago)
• Friedman v. City of Highland Park, 784 F.3d 406 (7th Cir. 2015). (Manion, J., dissenting) (applying strict scrutiny to local ordinance prohibiting possession of semi-automatic rifles)
• Norton v. City of Springfield, 768 F.3d 713, 718 (7th Cir. 2014). (Manion, J., dissenting) (concluding that anti-panhandling ordinance prohibiting "immediate requests for monetary donations" was content-based and subject to strict scrutiny)
• Hayden v. Greensburg Community School Corp., 743 F.3d 569, 583 (7th Cir.). (Manion, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part) (concluding that Indiana high school boys basketball coach's short haircut policy did not violate the Equal Protection Clause)
• Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin v. Van Hollen, 738 F.3d 786, 799 (7th Cir. 2013). (Manion, J., concurring in part and in the judgment) (concluding that the rational basis standard of review applied in challenge to Wisconsin law requiring that abortion doctors possess admitting privileges at hospitals within 30 miles from where they perform abortions)
• Vance v. Rumsfeld, 653 F.3d 591, 627 (7th Cir. 2011). (Manion, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part) (disagreeing that Bivens remedy was available for alleged torture of detainees by American military personnel in war zone in the absence of Congressional authorization and expressing "serious reservations" about the majority's holding that Secretary Rumsfeld may be held personally liable for the alleged actions of his subordinates under the plaintiffs' allegation)
• Sherman ex. rel. Sherman v. Koch, 623 F.3d 501 (7th Cir. 2010). (upholding Illinois "moment of silence" law)
• Books & Suetkamp v. City of Elkhart, 235 F.3d 292, 311 (7th Cir. 2000). (Manion, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part) (disagreeing that application of Lemon test compelled removal of Ten Commandments from near City Hall)
• Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky v. Commissioner of the Indiana State Department of Health (Manion, J., dissenting); noted for its connection to a dissent on abortion and eugenics which Judge Amy Coney Barrett joined,[8] and for Senator Patrick Leahy's question on the case to Barrett during her Supreme Court confirmation hearings in October, 2020.[9]

• Michael B. Brennan, circuit judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Stephen Dillard, chief judge, Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Len Munsil, former candidate for governor of Arizona
• Joseph L. Toth, judge, United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims
• Patrick J. Urda, judge, United States Tax Court
• Tammy McCutchen, administrator of the Wage and Hour Division