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August 2, 2019

Senate Confirms 13 More Federal Judges Nominated by Trump
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The Senate has confirmed 13 more of President Trump's nominees to the
federal bench in a flurry of votes this week before lawmakers left for
the August recess. Among those newly confirmed as federal judges are
Texas Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Brown and Texas attorney Brantley
Starr. Both are hostile to immigrant rights, reproductive freedom,
voting rights and LGBTQ equality. The Leadership Conference on Civil and
Human Rights said in a statement, "Senate Republicans will stop at
nothing to stack the courts with partisan judges who will push their
radical agenda through at any cost. In doing so, they are not only
degrading our courts, but also endangering our democracy."


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