Loren AliKhan was confirmed as the first South Asian woman to serve on the federal trial court in the District of Columbia with the help of Vice President Kamala Harris.
An associate judge on the DC Court of Appeals, AliKhan was confirmed on Tuesday, 51-50, to her new post. Harris broke the tie in the bitterly divided chamber.
AliKhan is the latest in a string of historic judicial “firsts” for President Joe Biden. He’s stressed professional, gender, and racial diversity in his appointments to a federal bench that’s historically been white and male. On Monday, the Senate confirmed Irma ...
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