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mahatmakanejeeves

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Tue Jun 15, 2021, 01:42 PM Jun 2021

A leading voting rights expert is among Biden's new round of judicial nominees.

Source: New York Times

A leading voting rights expert is among Biden’s new round of judicial nominees.

By Carl Hulse
June 15, 2021, 11:45 a.m. ET

The Biden administration is set to on Tuesday announce a fourth round of judicial nominations, including a New York appeals court nominee with an expertise in voting rights — an issue likely to occupy the courts in coming months.

The five nominations to the federal courts, part of a White House effort to set a fast pace on judicial confirmations, comes after the Senate on Monday confirmed President Biden’s first circuit court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, who was elevated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The new nominees, who also include two candidates for local courts in the District of Columbia, again reflect the push by the White House for judicial picks with diverse personal and professional backgrounds.

Leading the latest group of judicial candidates is Myrna Pérez, director of voting rights at the Brennan Center for Justice, who is to be nominated for an opening on the New York-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Ms. Pérez was recommended by Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and majority leader.

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Also being nominated on Tuesday for a seat on the federal bench in the District of Columbia is Jia M. Cobb, a former public defender who was recommended by Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, the congresswoman for the district. Ms. Cobb, a partner at the Relman Colfax law firm, specialized in fair housing and discrimination law and her nomination was backed by progressive groups. (An earlier version of this article misstated which seat Ms. Cobb would be nominated to fill. Florence Y. Pan has been nominated to fill the vacancy left by Judge Jackson’s confirmation.)

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/15/us/politics/biden-judges.html



President Biden Announces 4th Slate of Judicial Nominations

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/06/15/president-biden-announces-4th-slate-of-judicial-nominations/

JUNE 15, 2021 • STATEMENTS AND RELEASES

As he continues to move at an historic pace with respect to judicial nominees, the President is announcing five new candidates for the federal bench and two new candidates for District of Columbia courts, all of whom are extraordinarily qualified, experienced, and devoted to the rule of law and our Constitution.

These choices also continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a country — both in terms of personal and professional backgrounds.

For example, this slate includes:

A nationally-recognized leader on voting rights who would be the only Latina serving on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
A former public defender and current civil rights plaintiff’s attorney who would be the second African American woman judge actively serving on the District Court for the District of Columbia
A federal prosecutor who would be the first judge of South Asian descent to serve on the District Court for the District of Connecticut
A Department of Justice lawyer with two decades of civil rights experience, including as Deputy Chief of the Appellate Section in the Civil Rights Division
A magistrate judge on the D.C. Superior Court with deep experience in domestic violence and family law issues
This is President Biden’s fourth round of names for federal judicial positions, bringing the number of announced federal judicial nominees to 24.

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A leading voting rights expert is among Biden's new round of judicial nominees. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2021 OP
WHAT A GREAT PICK! mopinko Jun 2021 #1
Outstanding! msfiddlestix Jun 2021 #2
Our local TV station runs the same story many times. twodogsbarking Jun 2021 #3

twodogsbarking

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3. Our local TV station runs the same story many times.
Wed Jun 16, 2021, 10:04 AM
Jun 2021

The one they favor now is about restoring voting confidence. They aren't reporting they are instigating.
It is a regular scheme for them.

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