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Trump's 35th appeals court judge confirmed. This also flips the 3rd Circuit from majority Dem appointees to majority GOP appointees. This is the first of the circuits to flip since Trump took office
When Obama left office, 9 of the 13 circuits had Dem appointee majorities.

Now it's 7, with one court (11th) equally divided
My story from last fall looking at this issue: reuters.com/article/us-usa…
Here’s a Reuters graphic looking at Trump’s appeals court appointments:
fingfx.thomsonreuters.com/gfx/rngs/TRUMP…
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All four Trump appointees (who were seated in time) are in the majority. Trump now has six appointees on this court
This is an example of a ruling (en banc) where ideological balance of judges on an entire circuit court can be of importance. On a related note, the Senate is due to vote today on 3rd Circuit nominee Paul Matey. That would flip the circuit to overall GOP-appointee majority
(The dissenting opinion in the Ohio case is written by a judge appointed by George W. Bush, Helene White. But ... she was originally nominated by Clinton and got on the court as part of a deal between Dem senators & Bush that also led to Kethledge being appointed)
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The mystery grand jury case -- which a lot of people think has something to do with the Mueller probe -- has now got to the Supreme Court in the form of an emergency application filed with the chief justice by unknown foreign company that lost below:
supremecourt.gov/Search.aspx?Fi…
The company, which is owned by a foreign government, is seeking to quash a subpoena but has so far failed in district court and at the appeals court. We know nothing else about the case as it is under seal
Strikes me that in an age of conspiracy theories, this mysterious case isn’t helping much
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Now it's official: A federal grand jury on Friday indicted 12 Russian intelligence officers on charges of hacking the computer networks of 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party, the Justice Department said -- Via REUTERS
Here's the indictment: justice.gov/file/1080281/d…
Defendants created false identities, including Guccifer 2.0 to leak the hacked emails. Also coordinated with unnamed "organization 1"
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