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D.C. Circuit Judge David S. Tatel moved to senior status Monday, more than a year after announcing his intent to enter judicial semi-retirement and ahead of the confirmation of U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs, President Joe Biden's nominee to fill the seat he's leaving.
Democrats' push to codify abortion protections into law failed to advance in the Senate on Wednesday, leaving them without a clear path forward in the wake of a leaked draft opinion indicating the U.S. Supreme Court is prepared to overturn the decades-old Roe v. Wade precedent.
A federal judge nominated to the Seventh Circuit defended a past ruling upholding COVID-19 pandemic restrictions as Republicans pressed him during a Senate nominations hearing Wednesday on whether his decision undermined religious freedoms.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., made a procedural motion to move forward on Alvaro Bedoya's nomination to the Federal Trade Commission Monday, setting up a possible vote this week on the long-stalled nomination that would bring the FTC to full strength.
The Senate unanimously passed legislation Monday to extend security protections to immediate family members of U.S. Supreme Court justices in the wake of increased scrutiny and public protests following the leaked draft opinion indicating the court could be poised to overturn Roe v. Wade.