The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed Tamika Montgomery-Reeves, the first Black woman to serve on Delaware's highest court, to a seat on a federal appeals court, as Democrats push to approve more of President Joe Biden's judicial nominees during the lame-duck Congress.
The Senate voted 53-35 to approve Montgomery-Reeves' nomination to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, making her the second Black woman to serve on the Philadelphia-based court.. In total, Biden has now won confirmation for 10 Black women to serve on federal appellate courts, more than his eight predecessors combined.
Schumer has already teed up a vote for Tuesday on another Black woman appellate court nominee, U.S. Magistrate JudgeOverall, the Senate has now confirmed 96 of the Democratic president's judicial nominees, the vast majority of whom have been women or people of color, in keeping with Biden's campaign pledge to bring greater diversity to the federal bench.
Montgomery-Reeves, 41, has served on the Delaware Supreme Court since 2019 after four years as a judge on the business-focused Delaware Court of Chancery. She was earlier a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September sharply questioned Montgomery-Reeves about a proposal to alter the state's bar exam to reduce racial bias in the legal profession.
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