A third nominee to the appeals court, Beth Robinson, a justice on the Vermont Supreme Court since 2011, was announced Thursday. Public defender Eunice Lee's nomination to the 2nd Circuit is pending before the full Senate. "Confirming Myrna Pérez is a no-brainer," Nan Aron, president of Alliance for Justice, said in a statement after the committee vote. Progressive groups praised her selection for the bench. President Joe Biden's second nominee to the New York-based federal appeals court. Pérez, director of the voting rights and election program at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law since 2019, was U.S. The Senate Judiciary Committee recommended Pérez's nomination in a 12-10 largely party-line vote. Senate over Republican objections to her voting-rights advocacy. Circuit Court of Appeals advanced on Thursday to the full U.S. (Reuters) - The Biden administration's nomination of Myrna Pérez to serve on the 2nd U.S.
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