Senate Approves New Jersey Judge For Appeals Court

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed New Jersey judge Patty Shwartz to serve on the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, giving her a lifetime appointment to the Philadelphia-based court.

Shwartz was confirmed by a vote of 64-34, with most Republicans opposing her nomination. The 3rd Circuit handles cases from Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania and can sometimes be the last stop before the U.S. Supreme Court.

I'm surprised that the Repugs didn't try to filibuster this. They've been automatically blocking nearly all of the president's nominees recently. Anyway, it's a good development, although there are some here who will complain about anything, no matter how good it is.

[link:[link:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=176685631|

[Tx4obama]

1. She was first nominated in Oct 2011. And DEMOCRATIC Sen Menendez had a problem with her...

Note: I've changed my subject line above.

Edited to add...

Oops. It was a DEMOCRAT that had been blocking her, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Shwartz#Nomination_to_federal_appeals_court

[Fantastic Anarchist]

2. Reid did threaten the nuclear option the other day ...

... so the Republicans may be throwing him a crumb or two.

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

3. Here is roll call vote

Here is a link to the roll call vote, in case anyone wants to see how their senators voted. Ten Repugs voted to confirm.

[link:http://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/s93?utm_campaign=govtrack_feed&utm_source=govtrack/feed&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=@SenateFloor|