{"id":4642,"date":"2025-11-10T12:19:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyonesdiary.com\/?p=4642"},"modified":"2025-11-10T12:19:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T12:19:03","slug":"senate-confirms-trumps-pick-to-join-liberal-majority-us-appeals-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyonesdiary.com\/?p=4642","title":{"rendered":"Senate Confirms Trump\u2019s Pick To Join Liberal-Majority US Appeals Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"217\"><strong data-start=\"131\" data-end=\"215\">Senate Confirms Joshua Dunlap as First Republican-Appointed Judge on 1st Circuit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"423\">The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump\u2019s first nominee to the Boston-based <strong data-start=\"308\" data-end=\"345\">1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals<\/strong>, marking a historic shift for a court long shaped by Democratic presidents.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"425\" data-end=\"935\">In a <strong data-start=\"430\" data-end=\"455\">52\u201346 party-line vote<\/strong>, Maine attorney <strong data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"489\">Joshua Dunlap<\/strong> secured the lifetime appointment, becoming the first Republican-appointed judge on the 1st Circuit, which hears federal cases across New England. For years, the circuit stood out as the only appellate court in the nation without a GOP-appointed judge, making it a frequent venue for challenges to Trump-era policies. Dunlap\u2019s confirmation alters that landscape and reflects the administration\u2019s broader effort to reshape the federal judiciary.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"937\" data-end=\"1535\">The vacancy arose when Judge <strong data-start=\"966\" data-end=\"985\">William Kayatta<\/strong>, an Obama appointee, took senior status in late 2024. President Biden nominated Julia Lipez for the seat, but the Senate did not act before his term ended, leaving the position open. Trump nominated Dunlap in July. A partner at <strong data-start=\"1214\" data-end=\"1231\">Pierce Atwood<\/strong>, he emphasized during hearings his commitment to \u201cfaithfully apply the Constitution and the laws as written.\u201d Dunlap holds degrees from <strong data-start=\"1368\" data-end=\"1399\">Pensacola Christian College<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1404\" data-end=\"1429\">Notre Dame Law School<\/strong> and has worked on cases involving Maine\u2019s voting system, paid family leave, and campaign finance rules.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1537\" data-end=\"1900\">This week, the Senate also confirmed Trump nominee <strong data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1601\">Eric Tung<\/strong> to the <strong data-start=\"1609\" data-end=\"1646\">9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals<\/strong> in a 52\u201345 vote. A former clerk to Justices Neil Gorsuch and Antonin Scalia, Tung previously served as a federal prosecutor and attorney at <strong data-start=\"1787\" data-end=\"1800\">Jones Day<\/strong>. His confirmation narrows, though does not eliminate, the Democratic majority on the 9th Circuit.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1902\" data-end=\"2115\">While politically significant, these confirmations underscore a broader truth: the federal judiciary evolves gradually but enduringly, shaped by decades of public service rather than short-term electoral shifts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Confirms Joshua Dunlap as First Republican-Appointed Judge on 1st Circuit The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Donald Trump\u2019s first nominee to the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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