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The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee advanced four of President Joe Biden’s federal district court judge nominees, with Senator Laphonza Butler casting her first votes since filling the seat left empty by Senator Dianne Feinstein’s death. Read more about the vote.
The nominees are:
- John Kazen to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Currently a U.S. magistrate judge, Kazen attended the University of Houston Law School.
- Shanlyn Park to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
- Currently a Hawaii state judge, Park attended the University of Hawaii William Richardson School of Law.
- Micah Smith to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii
- Currently a federal prosecutor in Hawaii, Smith attended Harvard Law School.
- Jamel Semper to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey
- Currently the deputy chief of the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office’s criminal division, Semper attended Rutgers Law School.
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A close look at the Students for Fair Admission’s lawsuit challenging affirmative action in the U.S. military academies reveals a number of glaring flaws in the complaint, columnist Hassan Kanu writes. Yet, those apparent defects are far from fatal to the case, Kanu says, arguing that the U.S. Supreme Court has often relied on similarly flawed arguments and unsupported assumptions in its affirmative action jurisprudence. Despite its weaknesses, the case against West Point could nonetheless usher in more major changes to affirmative action across an even broader range of institutions and sectors, Kanu writes. Read more.
Check out other recent pieces from all our columnists: Alison Frankel, Jenna Greene and Hassan Kanu
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