Senate confirms Neomi Rao, Trump's nominee to replace Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh on appeals court, over opposition from some in GOP
By Seung Min Kim Seung Min Kim White House reporter Email Bio Follow March 13 at 12:42 PM Senate Republicans on Wednesday confirmed the 36th circuit court judge under President Trump — a rapid clip of confirmations that may slow in the coming months simply because the GOP will have filled all the existing vacancies on the powerful federal appeals courts.
While more seats could open up as judges retire, some tapped by Democratic presidents may choose not to do so as long as Trump remains in office and can nominate conservatives as their successors. Infuriated over being out of the process, some Democratic senators are vowing payback if they take back control of the Senate next year by not automatically deferring to Republican home-state senators on judicial candidates.
Sen. Joni Ernst , who disclosed earlier this year that she had been sexually assaulted in college, raised concerns about Rao’s columns about date rape while an undergraduate student at Yale University. The nominee apologized for her college writings in a letter to the Judiciary Committee.
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