Bridget Bade is poised to become the fourth Donald Trump nominee to win confirmation to a federal appeals court that he’s derided over rulings against his policies.
The Senate voted 77 to 20 on Monday night to end debate on the magistrate judge’s nomination to the San Francisco-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and a confirmation vote could come as early as Tuesday.
The court has ruled against Trump in high-profile immigration cases, and he’s called it a “total disaster.”
Trump has already appointed 36 appeals court judges, and he’s named three more Ninth Circuit nominees who could join Bade.
Bade clerked for conservative Fifth Circuit Judge Edith Jones from 1990 to 1991, but she’s drawn much less criticism from Democrats than other Ninth Circuit picks, such as Eric Miller.
Some Democrats voted to approve Bade’s cloture motion, while none backed Miller’s confirmation.
Bade received the highest possible rating of “Well Qualified” from the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary.
She’s served at the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona since 2012. Bade was an assistant U.S. attorney and was special counsel at Steptoe & Johnson in Phoenix.
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