NOW it makes sense why they confirmed that unqualified bigot. Didn't notice it was the 2nd Circuit

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Senate Confirms Controversial Judicial Nominee, Flipping Court That Will Decide Trump Subpoena Cases

By MARK JOSEPH STERN

The Senate confirmed Steven Menashi to the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday by a vote of 51–41. Every Republican present except Sen. Susan Collins supported Menashi; every Democrat present opposed him. With this confirmation, Donald Trump has flipped the 2nd Circuit to a majority of Republican appointees—a momentous shift in the balance of power that could help the president shield himself from criminal liability and congressional scrutiny in a jurisdiction, New York, which he previously called home.

Menashi, a 40-year-old White House attorney, is one of Trump’s most controversial judicial nominees. His past writings include inflammatory and offensive remarks about women, Muslims, LGBTQ people, and racial minorities. Menashi worked with Stephen Miller, a white supremacist White House aide, to craft Trump’s nativist immigration policies. He also helped Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos roll back protections for vulnerable students. Moreover, according to a New York Times report, he also devised an illegal program “to use private Social Security data to deny debt relief to thousands of students cheated by their for-profit colleges.”

During his confirmation hearing, Menashi refused to answer questions from both Republican and Democratic senators about his work in the Trump administration. His evasive performance drew criticism from Louisiana GOP Sen. John Kennedy, who said he was “real doubtful” that he would vote for the nominee. A day after Kennedy appeared at Trump rally, however, he announced his support for Menashi. Other putatively independent-minded Republicans like Sen. Lisa Murkowski then jumped on board, clinching his confirmation.

Menashi will now take a seat once filled by civil rights icon Thurgood Marshall. The 2nd Circuit will have a 7–6 Republican majority, including five Trump appointees. Whenever the court hears cases en banc—that is, with every judge sitting—conservatives will have the upper hand. This GOP advantage may prove especially helpful to Trump as Democrats ramp up their investigations of the president’s alleged misconduct. For instance, a three-judge panel for the 2nd Circuit is currently considering the legality of a subpoena that the House of Representatives issued to Deutsche Bank and Capital One for Trump’s financial records. If the panel goes against the president, Trump could request en banc review, leaning on the new majority to save his skin. On Nov. 4, meanwhile the court affirmed Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr.’s ability to subpoena Trump’s financial documents, including tax returns, from the accounting firm Mazars. Depending on the outcome of a pending appeal to the Supreme Court, the case could come before the 2nd Circuit once again in the future.

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https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/11/steven-menashi-second-circuit-senate-trump.html

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. not likely to keep the treasonous mofo out of state prison

[3catwoman3]

2. It feels as if the entire country is being...

...re-shaped to serve the pathological neediness of a single malevolent miscreant.

[NCLefty]

3. This isn't Trump's doing; It's McConnell and it always has been.

Trump (always, AFAIK) nominates judges from lists he's GIVEN, pre-approved like minded conservative thinkers, members of the Federalist Society who have been waiting in queue for the next Republican president to give them a lifetime job shaping our laws to conservative tastes.

[uponit7771]

4. They're picked by Trump, they'll do something to get impeached in the next 5 years. They're that....

... stupid

[slater71]

5. This guy has never tried a court case in his life.

We must find a way to stop the jobs for life bullshit on all courts before it is to late. If this is allowed to continue for the next 5 years assuming dump is reelected, the courts will be locked for the next forty years under the cons control. This guy is forty years old. They are putting people like this on the courts because of there age and racists ideals and to be there for years. We have to take all branches of government so we can change these rules to save this country. The framers never saw this coming. If it takes a war than so be it.