Tag Archives: nomination
Biden names second lesbian judge to federal appeals bench
President Biden has named a second lesbian judge to the Second Circuit federal appeals court bench: Alison Nathan of Manhattan.
Senate clears gay man to become Secretary of the Army
The U.S. Senate Tuesday confirmed Eric Fanning as Secretary of the Army, making him the first openly gay person to head up a branch of the military.
Speed Read: ‘Tangible and intangible’
The Senate Judiciary Committee quietly advanced the nomination of openly gay African American judge Darrin Gayes Thursday. A federal judge in Indiana gave some relief from the ban on same-sex marriage to a lesbian couple in Indiana. Openly gay Congressional
Senate confirms first gay to appeals court
The U.S. Senate voted Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 24) to confirm openly gay nominee Todd Hughes to serve on the U.S. Circuit Court for the Federal Circuit. The 98 to 0 vote makes Hughes the first openly gay nominee to be
Grassley grills DOJ nominee on paper
Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee had nothing to ask openly gay Justice nominee Stuart Delery during his confirmation hearing last month. And the Committee voted to advance his nomination to the full Senate July 11. But ranking minority member
Senate confirms Chen to federal bench
The U.S. Senate, by voice vote on Monday (March 4), confirmed the nomination of lesbian Pamela Chen to serve on the U.S. District Court bench for the Eastern District of New York.
GOP: lesbian would be ‘activist judge’
U.S. Senator Tom Coburn says lesbian federal court nominee Alison Nathan sounds like an "activist judge" to him, but he’s voting against her, he says, because she has lacks "substantial litigation experience."
Committee vote on lesbian court nominee on hold for at least a week
Republicans on the U.S. Judiciary Committee on Thursday asked to hold over the nominations of openly gay federal court nominee Alison Nathan and three other court nominees until next week.
