U.S. Senate votes to confirm McConnell protege to influential appeals court

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

POLITICS JUNE 18, 2020 / 3:04 PM / UPDATED 16 MINUTES AGO

U.S. Senate votes to confirm McConnell protege to influential appeals court

POLITICS JUNE 18, 2020 / 3:04 PM / UPDATED 13 MINUTES AGO

(Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to confirm a federal judge who is a protege of Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell to an influential appeals court in Washington.

Justin Walker, 38, won Senate approval to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit following a mostly party-line 51-42 vote.

Senator Susan Collins of Maine was the only Republican joining Democrats in voting against confirming the appointee of President Donald Trump.

Walker is being elevated from the U.S. District Court in Louisville, Kentucky, where he has been a judge since October.

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1. Fucking basturds.

American jurisprudence will be fucked up for the next 75 years because of these shitheads.