The Senate voted to confirm Deputy White House Counsel and former Jones Day attorney Gregory Katsas to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by a 50-48 vote Nov. 28.
He was confirmed despite opposition from Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), who became the first Republican to vote against one of Trump’s judicial nominees. Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) also crossed party lines, casting a vote to confirm Kastas.
Katsas is the ninth federal appellate court nominee to be confirmed under President Donald Trump, who campaigned with a promise of appointing conservative judges to the bench.
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