The Senate confirmed Jerry Edwards Jr. to a Louisiana federal trial court despite opposition from House Congressional Black Caucus members who wanted his nomination withdrawn.
The assistant US attorney was confirmed with bipartisan support, 66-24, including from his GOP home-state Sens. Bill Cassidy and John Kennedy.
He’ll be the first Black judge to serve on the US District Court for the Western District of Louisiana, one of 25 federal trial courts that have never had a non-White judge.
But nine House members of the Black Caucus told President Joe Biden in a June letter that it was ...
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