The Senate Judiciary Committee narrowly advanced the federal appellate nomination of Nancy Maldonado, who’s a judicial trailblazer for Hispanic women.
Maldonado’s nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit cleared the panel, 11-10, on Thursday with no Republican support.
She would succeed the first woman to serve on the Seventh Circuit, Ilana Rovner, if confirmed by the full Senate. Rovner announced plans to take a form of semi-retirement in January.
Maldonado was the first Latina trial court judge on the Northern District of Illinois when appointed by Joe Biden in 2022.
Judiciary Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) defended ...
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