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Last night, with little fanfare, the Senate confirmed the first openly LGBTQ woman to a lifetime seat on a U.S. appeals court. huffpost.com/entry/beth-rob…
Last night, with little fanfare, the Senate confirmed the first openly LGBTQ woman to a lifetime seat on a U.S. appeals court. huffpost.com/entry/beth-rob…
Beth Robinson, who's been an associate justice on the Vermont Supreme Court since 2011, now has a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Every Democrat present voted for her.
Only two Republicans did: Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins.
Only two Republicans did: Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins.
Of note about Robinson:
Prior to being on the Vermont Supreme Court, she represented LGBTQ clients in civil and civil rights cases, including leading the freedom-to-marry movement in Vermont.
Prior to being on the Vermont Supreme Court, she represented LGBTQ clients in civil and civil rights cases, including leading the freedom-to-marry movement in Vermont.
Also of note about Robinson's confirmation: It shifts the balance of this U.S. appeals court to a majority Democrat-appointed panel of judges.
She is the third judge Biden has gotten confirmed to this court this year. Lifetime appts.
She is the third judge Biden has gotten confirmed to this court this year. Lifetime appts.
With Robinson's confirmation, along with another judge confirmed last night, Biden is now up to 28 appeals court and district court judges confirmed since taking office.
That’s more than any president in modern history has had confirmed by this point in their term.
That’s more than any president in modern history has had confirmed by this point in their term.
For comparison's sake, by this point in their presidencies, the number of appeals + district court judges confirmed were...
Trump: 12
Obama: 5
GWB: 12
Clinton: 8
GWHB: 7
Reagan: 19
Carter: 26
Biden: 28.
Trump: 12
Obama: 5
GWB: 12
Clinton: 8
GWHB: 7
Reagan: 19
Carter: 26
Biden: 28.
Lots of takeaways on what's happening here.
Biden is both 1) flying through judicial confirmations + 2) putting people into lifetime court appts who look very different + come from very different backgrounds than most other judges on the federal bench. huffpost.com/entry/beth-rob…
Biden is both 1) flying through judicial confirmations + 2) putting people into lifetime court appts who look very different + come from very different backgrounds than most other judges on the federal bench. huffpost.com/entry/beth-rob…
In case it needs to be said again, these are all lifetime appointments.
These people will be on the courts long after Biden is gone and one of his most enduring legacies.
These people will be on the courts long after Biden is gone and one of his most enduring legacies.
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