Posted 3/19/2024, 10:36:03 PM
Senate narrowly confirms Nicole Berner to federal appeals court amid partisan divide
- Senate confirms Nicole Berner, a longtime union lawyer and former Planned Parenthood litigator, as a federal appeals court judge
- The 50-47 vote was mostly along party lines, with no Republican support and 1 Democrat opposing
- Berner has worked for the SEIU union since 2006 and helped litigate cases expanding healthcare, marriage equality, DACA
- Her work at Planned Parenthood included expanding abortion access in several states
- Berner is only the third openly lesbian federal appeals court judge in U.S. history