A longtime federal prosecutor in Tennessee won confirmation to an appellate court seat despite objections from his home state’s Republican senators.
The Senate voted 48-46 on Monday to confirm Kevin Ritz, who’s the US Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), who voted against the confirmation, was the only one to cross party lines. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), who had said he wouldn’t vote in favor of judicial nominees lacking bipartisan support, was absent from the vote after voting to invoke cloture on Ritz last ...
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