Senate Confirms First Muslim Federal Judge in U.S. History (2)

The Senate voted Thursday by an 81-16 margin to confirm District of New Jersey nominee Zahid Quraishi, who would be the first Muslim life-tenured federal judge.

Quraishi, who is currently a magistrate judge, was previously nominated by President Barack Obama, but the Republican-led Senate at the time didn’t take action on his nomination.

He is the third Biden judicial nominee the Senate has confirmed and all three have been former Obama nominees. Senate Democrats and the White House have said they will move quickly on judicial nominations.

The Senate also voted to invoke cloture, or end debate, on Ketanji ...