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The Senate just confirmed a judge who interned at an anti-LGBTQ group. She’ll serve for life.
Eli Rosenberg March 05, 2019
The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm a 37-year-old Washington lawyer whose nomination drew vociferous opposition from LGBTQ and some civil rights groups, to a lifetime appointment on a federal appeals court.
Allison Rushing, partner at Williams and Connolly who President Trump nominated in August, was confirmed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit by a vote that split evenly down party lines. All 53 Republicans voted for her, while the rest of the Senate, with the exception of three abstentions — Martin Heinrich (D-New Mexico), Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont), and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) — voted against her.
The court covers federal jurisdictions in North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, South Carolina and Maryland.
The news drew quick condemnation from Democrats and many civil rights and LGBTQ groups.
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