The U.S. Senate voted 49-45 Monday to confirm University of Montana law professor Anthony Johnstone to serve as a judge for the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Anthony Johnstone, a Montana law professor and one of President Joe Biden’s few judicial nominees from a conservative-led state, was confirmed to the nation’s largest appeals court.
University of Montana constitutional scholar and law professor Anthony Johnstone was confirmed Monday to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals by the U.S. Senate.