President Joe Biden continues to nominate individuals for federal appeals court positions, with a focus on reshaping the judiciary. Recent nominations include LGBTQ labor lawyer to a seat on an appeals court and a Tennessee prosecutor to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, drawing opposition from a Republican senator. Senate Democrats are confirming lifetime judges to bring balance to the federal judiciary, with the Senate Judiciary Committee considering more nominations, including a circuit court and district court nominee from Illinois. Senate Republicans have raised concerns about nominees' case backlogs and rankings among district court judges.
President Biden on March 20 nominated Kevin Ritz of Tennessee to serve on the 6th Circuit. If confirmed, Ritz, who has worked as a prosecutor since 2005, would take a seat on the federal appeals court currently held by US Circuit Judge Julia Smith Gibbons https://t.co/YOpxa5YBi9 https://t.co/gWjrZXE6rY
President Biden's newest nominee to the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals defended her record as Senate Republicans grilled her on how she had amassed one of the largest case backlogs of any federal trial court judge nationally @nateraymond https://t.co/IxzZQZuWbw https://t.co/VO5mF4JbwI
President Joe Biden nominated the top federal prosecutor in Memphis, Tennessee, to serve as a judge on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which drew swift opposition from one of the state's two Republican senators @nateraymond https://t.co/YOpxa5YBi9 https://t.co/loVKSItj4L
President Joe Biden plans to nominate a top federal prosecutor to the Cincinnati-based US appeals court as the administration continues its efforts to reshape the federal circuit courts. https://t.co/3cA4SsK67d
Republicans during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing cited data showing that president Joe Biden's newest nominee ranked seventh highest nationally among district court judges with civil motions pending without a ruling for over six months https://t.co/IxzZQZuWbw https://t.co/TBeTRu2DJ1
Biden nominates Tennessee prosecutor to US appeals court https://t.co/RBmqCZ9fcD https://t.co/V9B9gIXnlE
Biden nominates Tennessee prosecutor to US appeals court @nateraymond https://t.co/YOpxa5YBi9 https://t.co/WCFUENMt6J
President Joe Biden's newest nominee to the Chicago-based 7th Circuit defended her record as Senate Republicans grilled her on how she had amassed one of the largest case backlogs of any federal trial court judge nationally https://t.co/IxzZQZuWbw https://t.co/NbTSJF9aIz
Senate Democrats are confirming lifetime judges who will bring balance to our federal judiciary. The Senate Judiciary Committee is considering 5 more nominations today, including a circuit court nominee and a district court nominee from Illinois. Watch. https://t.co/XyqIZ1P19p
US Senate confirms LGBTQ labor lawyer to seat on appeals court @nateraymond https://t.co/m1pMSe0jLH https://t.co/G0wSLdtNvS