The Senate confirmed Trump’s judicial nominee to the powerful Second Circuit Court of Appeals despite bipartisan frustration over his refusal to answer questions during his confirmation hearing
The Senate on Thursday confirmed President Donald Trump’s judicial nominee to the powerful 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals despite bipartisan frustration over his refusal to answer questions during his confirmation hearing.51-41 vote, the Senate confirmed Steven Menashi, with moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine joining Democrats in voting against him.
In addition to his confirmation hearing performance, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee criticized Menashi last week for areporting that he wrote a plan for the Department of Education to deny debt relief to students cheated by for-profit colleges. A federal judge ruled the plan violated privacy laws.
He also accused trial lawyers of “feeding on the public for long enough,” in an op-ed in the New York Sun — an article that did not go over well with Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham , a former trial lawyer. In addition, Menashi described animal rights activists as a “contemptible bunch.”
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