In response to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s party-line vote to advance the nomination of Judge Cory Wilson to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit,, Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer at Lambda Legal, released the following statement.
In response to the Senate Judiciary Committee’s party-line vote to advance the nomination of U.S. District Judge Justin Walker (E.D. Ky.) for a lifetime appointment to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Sharon McGowan, Legal Director and Chief Strategy Officer at Lambda Legal released the following statement.
As most of us continue on with our social distancing as recommended by the CDC to help curb the spread of the increasingly deadly pandemic, the members of the United States Senate are back in Washington to do what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell calls “the job we need to do for the American people.”
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsay Graham has scheduled a hearing tomorrow on the nomination of Justin Walker to the United States Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
Today, after the U.S. Senate, along party lines, confirmed Andrew Brasher for a lifetime position to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, Sasha Buchert, Senior Attorney at Lambda Legal, issued a statement.