President-elect Trump warned Senate Republicans on Tuesday against cutting a deal with Democrats to fast-track a final batch of President Biden’s nominees through the Senate before adjourning later this week. “To all Senate Republicans: NO DEAL WITH DE
“I’m confident that Biden will be the first president never to have a unanimously confirmed appointee to a district court or a court of appeals,” Westerland said. He thinks it’s still likely that Biden will be able to get his chosen nominees through, even if they’re from more ...
Capitol following President Joe Biden's announcement of his pick for the first African American woman on the nation's Supreme Court. Republicans have immediately gone after Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who currently sits on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, over ...
Other nominees are: Tiffany Cunningham for the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Candace Jackson-Akiwumi for the United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, Judge Deborah Boardman for the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, J...
Circuit, which has been a steppingstone to the Supreme Court. Jackson is among those considered a possible successor to Justice Stephen G. Breyer, the high court’s oldest member. Jackson once clerked for Breyer…The nomination of a former public defender sends an impo...
The nominees, which include nine women, must be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The three Black women nominated for federal circuit court vacancies are Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Tiffany Cunningham for the U.S. Court...
Catherine Henry would become the eighth federal judge Biden has appointed in Pennsylvania if she is confirmed by the Senate. Catherine HenryRead morePhoto courtesy of the Federal Defender's Office in Philadelphia
“As early as next week, the White House is expected to announce US District Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Biden’s nominee for the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, sources say, either for newly confirmed Attorney General Merrick Garland’s seat or for a second vacancy that op...
Biden has vowed to select a Black woman for the role, which would be a historic first for the high court. Breyer replacement front-runner Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson had the support of both Manchin and Sinema when she was elevated to the US DC Circuit Court of Appeals, a familiar ...
s picks for the federal bench, Democrats havesuccessfully broughtthe nominees up for floor votes when enough Republicans were absent. Hope remains among liberals that the attendance stars align again in the lame duck so that long-stalled nominees, like 3rd Circuit nominee Adeel Mangi, can finally...