The U.S. Senate voted 47-43 on Monday, July 8 to confirm federal trial court judge and Wilmette resident Nancy L. Maldonado to be a judge on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. &nb…
The U.S. Senate voted 47-43 on Monday, July 8 to confirm federal trial court judge and Wilmette resident Nancy L. Maldonado to be a judge on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Like her current position as a federal trial court judge, Maldonado’s new role as a federal appeals court judge carries with it life tenure. At a March Senate Judiciary Committee meeting, Durbin praised Maldonado’s qualifications, noting that since being confirmed to be a federal judge in 2022, she has issued more than 250 written decisions.
Monday’s vote was largely along party lines, although two Democratic senators voted against Maldonado’s nomination. She becomes the 43rd federal appeals court judge appointed by Biden since he took office, which means that the president now has appointed 24% of all federal appeals court judges nationwide. Biden also has appointed 156 federal trial court judges and one U.S. Supreme Court justice, Ketanji Brown Jackson.
Tobias noted that Maldonado’s nomination had drawn opposition from some Republican senators who pointed to her having a backlog of cases and deciding matters too slowly.
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