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Saturday, July 13, 2024

“Senate Judiciary Committee sinks Biden judicial nominee Sarah Netburn; Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff votes with GOP to defeat nomination”: Alex Swoyer of The Washington Times has this report.

Julia Johnson of Fox News reports that “Dem senator helps block Biden judicial nominee amid controversy over transgender inmate.”

Tiana Headley of Bloomberg Law reports that “New York Federal Court Nominee Rejected by Senate Committee; Democrat Ossoff voted against Sarah Netburn, no GOP support; Democrats hold one seat majority on Senate Judiciary panel.”

Alexander Bolton of The Hill reports that “Ossoff votes with Republicans to block controversial Biden nominee.”

Nate Raymond of Reuters has a report headlined “In a first, US Senate panel rejects Biden judicial nominee in New York.”

And Benjamin S. Weiss of Courthouse News Service reports that “NYC federal court nominee falters after Dem defection; Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff, citing concerns about the nominee’s recommendation to transfer a trans woman to a women’s prison, singlehandedly tanked a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee.”

Posted at 9:50 AM by Howard Bashman



“George W. Bush Aims for Strong Start on Judicial Nominations; But lots of challenges lie in his way”: Ed Whelan has this post at his “Confirmation Tales” Substack site.

Posted at 9:42 AM by Howard Bashman