Julie Rikelman, whose reproductive rights advocacy culminated in a Supreme Court loss that overturned Roe v. Wade, won bipartisan confirmation as a federal appellate judge.
The Senate voted 51-43 on Tuesday to confirm Rikelman to the US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She will be the first immigrant woman and Jewish woman to sit on the court.
She won the support of Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), who voted against three Biden judicial nominees criticized by GOP members for their progressive legal careers. Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) also voted for Rikelman in the Democratic-led ...
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