U.S. Senate confirms three Biden picks for California, New York federal courts
The US Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm two California state court judges to the federal bench and to approve the appointment of the general counsel of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America as a federal judge in Manhattan.
It also voted 51-47 to approve President Joe Biden’s appointment of Jennifer Rochon, a former Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel partner who since 2013 has been the Girl Scouts’ top lawyer, to be a judge in the Southern District of New York. Senate Democrats are racing to confirm Joe Biden’s judicial nominees before the November midterm elections.The three nominees reflect Biden’s push to bring greater gender and racial diversity to the federal bench. More than 70% of his 92 district and appellate court picks have been women, and a vast majority have been people of color.
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