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U.S. District Judge David N. Hurd of the Northern District of New York walked back his plan to move to senior status, saying in a letter to President Joe Biden Wednesday he has "unconditionally withdrawn" his move to semi-retirement and vowing to stay on active status for the "foreseeable future."
The Senate voted to confirm Roopali Desai to the Ninth Circuit on Thursday, an expedited approval that was the quickest and most bipartisan confirmation of a circuit court nominee since President Joe Biden took office last year.
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced five of President Joe Biden's judicial picks Thursday, including U.S. Magistrate Judge Doris L. Pryor's nomination to the Seventh Circuit, but the panel deadlocked on Rachel Bloomekatz's nomination to the Sixth Circuit.
Federal appellate courts severely lack representation from judges with professional backgrounds in union-side labor law, employee wage and hour law, and civil legal aid, according to a new report Wednesday from the progressive organization Alliance for Justice.
Federal appellate courts severely lack representation from judges with professional backgrounds in union-side labor law, employee wage and hour law, and civil legal aid, according to a new report Wednesday from the progressive organization Alliance for Justice.