Brailsford Confirmed as First Female US Trial Judge in Idaho

Amanda Brailsford won easy confirmation as the first woman to serve as a federal district court judge in Idaho.

The Senate on Thursday confirmed Brailsford by voice vote. More than 120 Biden judicial nominees have been confirmed so far with virtually all requiring roll call votes. Most outcomes have fallen strictly or mostly along partisan lines in the bitterly divided chamber.

The former clerk on the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and litigator has sat on the Idaho Court of Appeals since 2019.

She had key support from her Republican home-state senators, Mike Crapo and James Risch. ...