Ninth District Court of Appeals, Place 2, General Election . The nine justices heard two cases on Tuesday that challenge the debt relief. Circuit(D.C.): The D.C. To contact the reporter on this story: Madison Alder in Washington at malder@bloomberglaw.com, To contact the editors responsible for this story: Jessie Kokrda Kamens at jkamens@bloomberglaw.com; John Crawley at jcrawley@bloomberglaw.com. Flipping courts that have solid Democratic-appointee majorities will be difficult for Trump. A close split, but no opportunity to improve at present. The two appellate courts closest to shifting to Republican-appointed majorities are the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. So far, theyre well on their way.. In other words, is there a plaintiff that has standing? Following 11th Circuit precedent, lower court judges dismiss most sexual harassment claims before they go to trial. Yet another conservative court. 102 0 obj Ed Straker is the senior writer atNewsmachete.com. A Jimmy Carter-appointed judge dissented. The Supreme Court, with its conservative majority restored by Trump appointee Neil Gorsuch last year, in June upheld the travel ban policy. The Senate quickly approved him with a 66-31 vote. Ron DeSantis. In a 2-1 ruling, a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit overturned a prior injunction against enforcing the state law which makes it a crime for a person to . So I think the court is looking at it saying, We dont think the Congress that enacted this statute wouldve thought this is what you could do with it, that there had to be a much more narrow target of relief.. But its often overlooked that 99-plus percent of all cases are decided by the lower courts, said Carrie Severino, chief counsel and policy director of the conservative Judicial Crisis Network. The judges on the 11th U.S. Following 11th Circuit precedent, lower court judges dismiss most sexual harassment claims before they go to trial. x _L|MaLz,!;Q7`Oh*96"e]dU "Republicans have lost two of the last three Supreme Court races," says Sachin Chheda, a Milwaukee-based Democratic strategist who oversaw the campaigns of Supreme Court Justices Rebecca Dallet and Jill Karofsky. Its possible, but I think its doubtful. Charles Wilson 14. Circuit Court of Appeals. Trump's third nominee, Georgia Supreme Court Justice Britt Grant, was expected to be a slam-dunk confirmation in the full Senate. The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals is made up of Active Judges and judges who retired to Senior Status but remain on the bench. She then clerked for Judge James Larry Edmondson of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from 1988 to 1989. California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the top ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, highlighted that brief and others as a reason she wouldnt back Brasher. The breakdown on that bench is now seven Republican-appointed active judges to six Democratic. Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated the ban, citing (among other reasons) the rule of lenity. A three-judge panel voted 2-1 to uphold the injunction. Don't mess with Texas. ]:oil*l)+>Aj/|mO 7)k5ia_lB':Kkct409>v^4M%4iEt7'7:0i_ZTB!+n T-Cb Xgo-#@(2KXhp+!/R:jUqBAM10Fre[p(0Kt By general law, the district courts have been granted the power to review final actions taken by state agencies in carrying out the duties of the executive branch of government. Circuit Court of Appeals and the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. endstream Because of this low percentage, the Court . endstream Jill A. Pryor Lawyer Profile on Martindale.com", "President Obama Nominates Jill A. Pryor to Serve on the US Court of Appeals", "President Obama Re-nominates Thirty-Three to Federal Judgeships", "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Nomination of Jill A. Pryor, of Georgia, to be U.S. But one Tuesday that August, Kavanaugh emerged at the DC Circuit for the swearing-in of a former law clerk, Britt Grant, to the federal appeals court in Atlanta. Its been very encouraging.. The fate of President Biden's $400 billion student debt relief program is now in the hands of the Supreme Court, whose decision as to whether Biden overstepped his executive power could significantly impact the lives of over 40 million U.S. student loan borrowers. (For a graphic showing Trump's impact on federal appeals courts, click tmsnrt.rs/2PPsGtM). In that role, for example, Brasher signed Alabamas amicus brief to support a conservative position in the landmark Supreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder. So if a circuit has ten Ds and five Rs, it is possible for a three-judge panel to be composed of a majority of Rs. Brashers nomination increases their sway. Trump appointed one judge. WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court's conservative wing signaled deep skepticism Tuesday over President Joe Biden's plan to wipe away $400 billion in student loan debt, suggesting the . D.C. I dont think so. 1:54. Mr. Trump also has two more nominees pending for the 11th Circuit: Judge Barbara Lagoa, who is also a justice on the Florida Supreme Court, and Judge Andrew Brasher, who currently sits on the Middle District of Alabama. ): This court has nine Rs, one D, and one vacancy. Circuit Assignments It is ordered that the following allotment be made of The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42 and that such allotment be entered of record, effective September 28, 2022. Four years later, that court is positioned to hear a high-stakes dispute between the Justice Department and Trump over the FBI's search of his Mar-a-Lago home last month. Brasher currently sits on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama, a position hes held for under a year. [2], Pryor joined the firm of Bondurant, Mixson & Elmore LLP as an associate in 1989, becoming a partner in 1997, a position she held before going on the bench. Presidents can reshape the federal judiciary with their appointments and seek to appoint judges they believe share their ideological leanings. Or are they going to have a much narrower remedy that just applies to the loan service providers that are in the lawsuit?, You never know with the Supreme Court, but if I had to guess, they would rule on the standing grounds to say that neither the states nor the individual plaintiffs have standing, Walker said. The Republican-led chamber voted 52 to 43 along party lines to approve Brasher to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, over the opposition of Democrats and civil rights groups, including the NAACP. Newsom initially surprised conservatives by joining a unanimous three-judge panelthat found the Tuscaloosa Police Department should have made more accommodations for a breastfeeding officer on its force. Does this surprise you? Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, he served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. I dissent. President Biden's plan will cancel some of the federal student debt held by millions of Americans . Cannon, a Trump appointee confirmed in 2020, conferred on the special master broad powers that went beyond filtering records potentially subject to attorney-client privilege to also include documents that might be subject to claims of executive privilege. Amended Eleventh Circuit General Order No. Fifth Circuit. Issued Date: 02-27-2023 Case#: 21-13232 Docket#: 1:18-cv-25474-RAR Type: NEW MSP Recovery Claims, Series LLC v. United Automobile Insurance Company United States Court of Appeals. A lower court found that Missouri, one of the six states, had the standing to bring the suit on behalf of the Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA), which services federal student loans, because it would lose revenue if Bidens plan went forward. Senate Republicans confirmed one of President Trumps judicial nominees to the 11th U.S. The Senate confirmed Andrew Brasher to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit Feb. 11 along party lines. And thats the fun part taking them apart, making them simple and arriving at a decision.. She has served as President of the Georgia Association of Women Lawyers and as Chair of the State Bar of Georgia's Appellate Practice Section. Some responses have been edited for length and clarity. Justice Alito is a conservative jurist and is considered to be part of the court's conservative wing. Trumps Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, appointed 55 in eight years as president. A lot of attention is paid to the ideological balance of the Supreme Court, which is the ultimate arbiter of too many things in America nowadays. Although there are no guarantees a judge will rule the way a president might like, the number of Republican and Democratic appointees is generally an indicator of an appeals courts conservative-liberal balance. But the federal appeals courts in Chicago and New York later issued contrary opinions, ruling that federal law forbids workplace discrimination based on someone's sexual orientation. Jurisdiction exists under 1332 where (1) the Two of the Rs were appointed by Donald Trump. The trial judge's order was widely panned as an unwarranted interjection into a criminal inquiry. Jill Anne Pryor (born March 24, 1963)[1] is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The 11th Circuit has also made it extremely difficult for plaintiffs to prevail in hostile work environment claims. "In our constitutional system, a judge must be independent, must keep an open mind in every case, and must decide cases based on the facts and the law, not based on personal or policy views," he said. [4] On June 19, 2014 her nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. There is also a Federal Circuit Court that covers things like patents. The two appellate courts closest to shifting to Republican-appointed majorities are the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. 133 (b). The ideological flipping of a judicial circuit, where cases typically are decided by panels of three judges, can have a direct impact on how cases are decided and new legal precedents established. I presume they are one and the same, but they may not always be. The Justice Department ultimately urged Cannon to revisit her initial ruling regarding classified documents while signaling it would bring a broader appeal before the 11th Circuit. But the Supreme Court can afford to hear only a small number of cases. Roberts joined the court's liberal wing in the majority in that 2020 case. Pryor wrote "The majority today deprives the plaintiffs and countless others like them of opportunity and equality in voting through its denial of the plaintiffs due process, Twenty-Fourth Amendment, and equal protection claims. For some time, the 9th U.S. This would be third appeals court Trump and Republican-led Senate have flipped President Donald Trump is on the cusp of flipping the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to a majority of Republican-appointed judges, the third such changeover during his administration. Chief Judge Ed Carnes, 68, 1992, George H.W. But some pointed to practical considerations, including the current composition of the appellate court, as potentially weighing in favor of taking a path of less resistance to avoid a full-scale appeal that could further hinder the criminal investigation. We take very seriously the idea of separation of powers and that power should be divided to prevent its abuse, Chief Justice John Roberts said. v. Warner Chappell Music, Inc., et al. Prior to that, Judge Luck served as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Florida. But for better or worse, comfort is not the Constitutions test, they said. Do we have a plaintiff that can even bring a lawsuit? For the position in NY-E, Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf has been appointed as Director of the . Trump inherited a large number of vacancies, in part because the Senate - controlled by Republicans since 2015 - refused to act on some of Obamas nominees. Trump and conservative allies have criticized the 9th Circuit for high-profile rulings against his administration including over the legality of the presidents ban on people entering the United States from certain Muslim-majority countries. Circuit Court of Appeals, since 2017. With the Republican-led Senate rapidly considering and confirming many of his judicial nominees, Trump already has appointed 26 appeals court judges. A screenshot of an en banc panel of the 9th U.S. It was a point Kavanaugh made at the August 2018 swearing-in ceremony for Grant. Most cases are heard by three-judge panels chosen theoretically at random. Eleven of the courts handle cases from specific multi-state regions, one handles cases from Washington, D.C., while another specializes in patent cases. Log in to access all of your BLAW products. [3] She received a hearing before the full panel of the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 13, 2014. In recent days, senior department officials reportedly considered a number of less risky moves, such as asking Cannon to reconsider part or all of her ruling or requesting limits on the time and scope of the special master review. <>stream for the. The Richmond-based 4th Circuit is one of 13 appeals courts in the U.S. where virtually all federal cases are decided, except for the handful taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court. The circuit's appellate court, which covers California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Hawaii, Alaska, and Montana, has long been stereotyped as a liberal outlier, prone to. Its like the first feel is free, unless its something almost as bad as rape. On the bench, Tjoflat can be a formidable force during oral arguments, hurling one hypothetical question after another at backpedaling attorneys. Vacant seats on the Court are filled by Judges appointed by the President of the United States of America. x50y=(g0RQmC/lKK22I4Vi!Oig.D~0xlPQwOWAq:5 Since taking office, Mr. Trump has confirmed two Supreme Court justices, 47 federal appeals court judges, and 112 federal district court judges. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded was so broad and so vague that it could prohibit anti-abortion or anti-immigration advocacy. Most times, cases are not heard "en banc" that is, by the entire circuit. pC-5G" [(FbGJa0:`_]5#}rfyV:4\whUFFbpm+ r`q)6kjB5i1uI5qfRzn}Kewp7AzT1-Gi.bXk#>atS:t0D,9P%9[@BZ(st8P`5SDmFTZKVm4o5m[D"zF7U. Democrats worry the new lean and Brashers presence on the court could result in decisions that decrease access to fair elections. Circuit court covers the smallest geographical area but is really the second most powerful court after the Supreme Court because it hears cases based on regulations promulgated by federal agencies located in the District of Columbia, of which there are many. Republicans typically strive to pick conservatives while Democrats generally aim to appoint liberals, all subject to Senate confirmation. The Florida governor and likely presidential candidate has secured a place for the movement in the conservative mainstream. There are three important caveats to note. This table contains a listing of current judicial vacancies by court. Trump appointed one of the Rs. Isnt it time we heard from UGAs Kirby Smart? First Circuit(Maine, N.H., R.I., Mass. Tenth Circuit(Wyo., Utah, Colo., Kan., Okla., N.M.): This court has five Rs and seven Ds and no vacancies. Long considered the most liberal court in America, the 9th U.S. [8] She took the oath of office on October 6, 2014. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Aided by fellow Republicans in the Senate, President Donald Trump is rapidly filling vacancies on U.S. appeals courts, moving some that had liberal majorities closer to conservative control in an ideological shift that could benefit his administration. R. Lanier Anderson 13. The swearing-in ceremony was a celebration of just one of the six judges former President Donald Trump would appoint by the end of his term to the 11th Circuit, an appeals court where his. 2 0 obj The Ninth Circuit has a reputation for being a hard-left court, and that reputation is well deserved, with seven Rs and 18 Ds and four vacancies. In the hierarchy of the federal court system, the Appellate Court is one step below the United States Supreme Court. The Supreme Court's shutdown of the 9th Circuit comes in the wake of dashed Republican hopes that former President Donald Trump would swing it in a more conservative direction. Trump already has made three appointments to the 11th Circuit, leaving it with a 6-6 split between Democratic and Republican appointees. Concerns over Brashers record on election law issues stem from his work as solicitor general. When adding senior judges to that count, the circuit has 11 GOP-appointed and nine Democratic. Circuit Courts of Appeals. Courthouse in Cincinatti is the home of the often-reversed 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. Opinions like this have a way of growing legs," she said ahead of the Justice Department's filing Thursday. The 40-year-old Grant, an Atlanta native who attended Westminster Schools, has impressive conservative credentials. Trump selected Brasher with a very specific agenda in mind, said Andrew Gillum, a former mayor of Tallahassee who was the 2018 Democratic nominee for governor in Florida. One judge on the federal appeals court in Atlanta has made history. Why such high rates? tX+P:ct!XF?*Uj }]M|w2C+*HRooL@ .iDyO;Vd6N~b)jA^$ 8e"QD_*vd(~#1x:BKKhB|/Gi*PtYDZFnctYA=bQHx&uBb>eJ\dh5]h~. Biden v. Nebraska was brought by six Republican-led states Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina that argue Bidens plan creates a direct injury because it would result in lost tax revenue for each state. This case in some ways is about what the role of courts is in our system to decide what the president can do and what the president cant do without Congress, Chris Walker, a law professor at the University of Michigan, told Yahoo News. Sept. 11, 2016 5 AM PT The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, has long been the court conservatives love to hate. "There's some sense that progressives, who have a different view of how the judiciary should operate, have been ascendant." That's sort of a broad-brush statement that I might have been more comfortable making before we confronted the realities of the post-Trump Supreme Court.". She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985 from the College of William & Mary, graduating Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa. Judge Robert J. Judge Lagoa is expected to be confirmed later this week, flipping the active amount of judges to seven GOP appointed and six Democratic. Amid uncertainty about the ruling, intelligence agencies have temporarily paused the "critically important work" of assessing the national security threat posed by Trump's handling of government materials, the Justice Department added. I think if you kind of listen to the questions from the conservative members of the court, they still seemed really skeptical of that argument.. In her ruling, Cannon included a carve-out allowing for intelligence agencies to continue an assessment of the potential national security risks posed by Trump's hoarding of government records at his West Palm Beach estate. [9], In Jones et al. "Moreover, the government and the public are irreparably injured when a criminal investigation of matters involving risks to national security is enjoined.". The Ninth Circuit saw an 86 percent reversal rate, with the Eleventh Circuit and D.C. https://lnkd.in/ezQa4Ydr Both Grant and Newsom are on Trump's short list for the U.S. Supreme Court. The 11th Circuit has 12 judges, seven of whom were appointed by Republican presidents after Lagoa's confirmation on Wednesday. Among them were fifth circuit rulings upholding a . Anthony Anthony Alito Jr., the son of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, was enlisted in the U.S. Army Signal . The nine justices heard two cases on Tuesday that challenge the debt relief. 91 0 obj When Obama took office in 2009 after Republican President George W. Bushs eight years in office, the courts were tilted heavily toward Republican appointees, with only one having a majority of Democratic appointees. But the. Curt Levey, president of the conservative Committee for Justice, praised Trumps appointments on the 11th Circuit. endstream by John Kruzel - 11/16/21 5:11 PM ET The legal fight over the Biden administration's workplace vaccine mandate was transferred to a Cincinnati-based federal appeals court Tuesday where. If Cannon declines to grant the stay by September 15, "the government intends to seek relief from the Eleventh Circuit," the Justice Department said. "The classified records are government property over which the Executive Branch has control and in which Plaintiff has no cognizable property interest," the Justice Department wrote, referring to Trump. Flake has said he does not oppose Grant because of her qualifications, which indicates its only a matter of time before shes confirmed. The higher court reversed six of seven decisions by the fifth circuit in the 2019-2020 term and five of seven decisions in the 2020-2021 term. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider A full 10 of the 11 Eight Circuit judges were installed by Republicans, dating back to George H.W. Yes, for sure, Walker said. David Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor in South Florida, told Insider that an appeal was necessary to address the immediate and long-term ramifications of Cannon's ruling "for every other case, in any district, where an aggrieved party would seek to insert a special master in between law enforcement and whatever items they seize during a search. In a process resembling a Powerball drawing, a dozen ping pong balls,. I do think if the court does say theres standing here, youll probably see a pretty narrow ruling on standing that just says this is an exceptional case just like Massachusetts v. EPA, where a state only has standing in this particular instance to try to kind of keep the courthouse doors not too open for states to bring lawsuits., Walker added, On the merits question, I think what will happen is the court will just send it back to the circuit court to consider whether to go forward. Vance noted that Cannon is "just one district judge in Southern Florida," and that her ruling is not binding for other jurists on trial courts in the 11th Circuit. In a 6-4 decision, the court overturned a lower court's finding that a Florida law violated felons' voting rights by requiring them to pay fines, restitution and legal fees after serving time and before casting ballots. The appeal will go to the 11th Circuit, where six of the 11 active judges are Trump appointees. And this potential flip could be crucial to religious freedom. If you experience technical problems, please write to, Socialism is crushing and killing Venezuela's poor. Third Circuit(Pa., N.J., Del. Stanley Marcus 6. During law school, she was president of Stanford Universitys Federalist Society. The suit was filed by inmate Oberist Saunders, who contended the jails mental health unit was stifling hot with little or no air circulation. That would be a very limited rule holding for the development of law. There are currently 13 appeals court vacancies, six of them with pending nominees picked by Trump, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. In a 2-1 decision, Newsom and Judge Stanley Marcus wrote, We do not doubt that such tight quarters may cause discomfort, particularly given the close proximity of the cells toilet to the beds. endobj 228 F.3d 1255, 1260-62 (11th Cir. Federal judges commonly reject the notion that they're politically aligned with the president responsible for their lifetime appointments. Trump appointed one of the Rs. oP%b!xa@tT+tt1CV9i3VTJ6F{$swX5D4>E3F-m The 11th Circuit's ruling said employees who are breastfeeding are protected under a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination in the workplace. Still, she said, "I really think that, in most cases, judges aren't creatures of the party that puts them on the bench. Their rulings can be challenged before the U.S. Supreme Court, but most such appeals are turned away because the top court typically hears fewer than 100 cases annually. We hope they follow the 11th Circuit's lead. College of William & Mary ( BA) Yale University ( JD) Jill Anne Pryor (born March 24, 1963) [1] is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. I dont think we got any great answers on that today about where the justices are at. 22-13025 . 11. But in Cannon's ruling, many experts saw an exercise in legal gymnastics, with a judge contorting her reasoning to fit the needs of a president responsible for her nomination to the federal bench. Only four of the 13 federal appeals courts currently have more Republican-appointed judges than Democratic selections. Question: Of the Connecticut based law firms with more than 50 lawyers, name the ARAnqh+H-$%}7y@gT(M Q)J`H@,q=1/3(&z> lmH 53E:Yn`%o{5{lvj+-U+j?H/5$ F via Wikipedia See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. The judges ultimately found that the jail officials were immune from liability and added they took no particular pleasure in throwing out Sanders case. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) touted Brashers background in a Senate floor speech, highlighting his undergraduate degree from Samford University and law degree from Harvard. But Republicans defended Brasher, saying a lawyers work for the client shouldnt be used against them. Charles Wilson 7. So its important that the president is nominating judges who are fair, who are interpreting the laws as theyre written and not substituting their own policy preferences. Most circuit courts are already so far left or right, and there are so few vacancies, that Trump can really affect the balance only on the Third Circuit. In addition to Grant, Trump appointed Judges Kevin Newsom; Elizabeth Branch; Robert Luck; Barbara Lagoa; and Andrew Brasher to the 11th Circuit. His appointees and their conservative colleagues made their presence known in a September 2020 opinion that allowed Florida to make it harder for felons to vote. Here, then,is a list. The Senate confirmed yet another of President Trump's picks to a federal circuit court seat Wednesday in a vote that tilts the balance of the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to a GOP-appointed majority. Saunders said he and fellow inmates had to walk barefoot through human feces and urine and sleep on soiled mats placed on the filthy floor, the suit said. In October, a federal appeals court blocked the imminent cancellation of federal student loans. There are four Rs, seven Ds, and no vacancies. GOP state lawmakers like what they see. I think there are two really big questions after the oral arguments, Walker said. You have to have a wave of Democratic-appointed judges taking senior status for Trump to have any hope of flipping the 9th Circuit, University of Pittsburgh School of Law professor Arthur Hellman said. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit temporarily blocked Senator Lindsey Graham from testifying before a special grand jury investigating Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the. Bush Administration. United States Court of Appeals . But he said it will be up to those same clerks and his wife, Marcia, to give him honest appraisals of his mental fitness.When I start to slip, Tjoflat said, itll be time to hang it up., When asked about his appointment to the bench more than four decades ago, Tjoflat replied, It still seems like yesterday.. On the other hand, it's only New York and Vermont, so how much do we really care? The second big question is on the legal merits of Bidens student loan forgiveness program. And now, Trump is replacing conservative judges on the 11th Circuit with even more conservative judges, he said. Even if Trump fills all of them, Democratic-appointees would still hold a 16-13 majority. The swearing-in ceremony was a celebration of just one of the six judges former President Donald Trump would appoint by the end of his term to the 11th Circuit, an appeals court where his administration left a particularly lasting mark in its frenzied push to fill the federal bench. Ahead of Thursday's filing, legal experts said the Justice Department would typically appeal such a far-reaching interjection into a criminal investigation without hesitation. Unfortunately, over eight years, Obama packed them with leftists as much as he could. In its filing Thursday, the Justice Department said it planned to "provide its views on those issues" by the Friday deadline. Since 2015, he has been the host of the newspapers Breakdown podcast. DV@Bby-JwZ '2r#FN%Jwu1/I(T1HM}` c`Zr6oov{%6 Lf, ~fP Bill Rankin has been an AJC reporter for more than 30 years. Last year,for example, the 11th Circuit ruled that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 does not prohibit employers from discriminating against workers because they are lesbian or gay. Trump appointed one of the Rs. But Arizona Republican Jeff Flake is holding up her confirmation in protest of the administration's imposition of tariffs on U.S. allies. 1332. 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