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November 2, 2021

Senate Confirms Beth Robinson as First-Ever LGBTQ+ Federal Appeals Court Judge
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The Senate voted Monday to confirm Beth Robinson to the 2nd U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals, representing Connecticut, New York and Vermont.
Robinson is a longtime LGBTQ leader who in 1999 argued a landmark case
in Vermont that won broad legal protections for same-sex couples. She
becomes the first out LGBTQ+ person ever to serve on a federal circuit
court. Just two Republican senators voted to confirm Robinson: Lisa
Murkowski of Alaska and Susan Collins of Maine.


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