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The Senate confirmed three trial court nominees for the Northern District of Ohio Tuesday, making them the first district court judges from a state with a Republican senator to win approval since President Joe Biden took office.
Justice Stephen Breyer will resign his post after more than 27 years on the bench. Here, Law360 looks at the liberal justice's legacy and what comes next in the battle to fill his seat.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin said Monday he's already begun reaching out to Republican senators he thinks could be open to supporting President Joe Biden's eventual choice to replace Justice Stephen Breyer on the Supreme Court and that his list of potential yes votes "is longer than you would initially imagine."
Three district court nominees defended their records during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Tuesday as Republicans questioned their past writings, records as attorneys and decisions on the bench while Democrats praised the diversity and qualifications they would bring to the federal judiciary.
Ninth Circuit Judge Andrew D. Hurwitz informed the White House on Friday he will take senior status this summer and upon confirmation of his successor, giving President Joe Biden another seat to fill on the largest federal appellate court.