Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Senate panel advances Myrna Prez, voting rights advocate, for 2nd Cir.
August 5, 2021
5:07 PM EDT
Last Updated 17 hours ago
Senate panel advances Myrna Pérez, voting rights advocate, for 2nd Cir.
Mike Scarcella
• White House announced a third 2nd Circuit nominee, Beth Robinson, who would be first openly gay female circuit judge
(Reuters) - The Biden administration's nomination of Myrna Pérez to serve on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals advanced on Thursday to the full U.S. Senate over Republican objections to her voting-rights advocacy.
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Pérez's nomination in a 12-10 largely party-line vote.
Pérez, director of the voting rights and election program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law since 2019, was U.S. President Joe Biden's second nominee to the New York-based federal appeals court. Progressive groups praised her selection for the bench.
"Confirming Myrna Pérez is a no-brainer," Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice, said in a statement after the committee vote.
{snip}
5:07 PM EDT
Last Updated 17 hours ago
Senate panel advances Myrna Pérez, voting rights advocate, for 2nd Cir.
Mike Scarcella
• White House announced a third 2nd Circuit nominee, Beth Robinson, who would be first openly gay female circuit judge
(Reuters) - The Biden administration's nomination of Myrna Pérez to serve on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals advanced on Thursday to the full U.S. Senate over Republican objections to her voting-rights advocacy.
The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Pérez's nomination in a 12-10 largely party-line vote.
Pérez, director of the voting rights and election program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law since 2019, was U.S. President Joe Biden's second nominee to the New York-based federal appeals court. Progressive groups praised her selection for the bench.
"Confirming Myrna Pérez is a no-brainer," Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice, said in a statement after the committee vote.
{snip}
1 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
