Bloomekatz Confirmed to Sixth Circuit as Senate Clearing Backlog

Rachel Bloomekatz, a litigator whose work on gun control drew Republican scrutiny, was narrowly confirmed to a US appeals court seat.

The former Jones Day associate and Gupta Wessler principal was confirmed 50-48 by the Senate on Tuesday to the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, more than a year after first being nominated. She’ll fill the Ohio seat being vacated by Judge Ransey Guy Cole.

Bloomekatz received no Republican votes. Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) crossed party lines to vote no as he’s done recently on Biden judicial nominees who Republicans opposed based on their progressive legal careers. ...