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WASHINGTON – Milwaukee lawyer Michael Brennan was confirmed for a key federal judgeship Thursday, filling the oldest appellate vacancy in the country but deepening a partisan schism in the U.S. Senate over judges.


Brennan will take a seat on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago that has stood open since 2010 amid a bitter political standoff.


He was confirmed 49-46 with only Republican votes, over the objections of Democrat Tammy Baldwin, Wisconsin’s junior senator.


That has typically been enough to sink a nomination in recent years, because senators from both parties have enjoyed an effective veto over the selection of federal judges from their home states, a tradition known as the “blue slip.”


Baldwin’s GOP colleague from Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, used his blue slip power to block one of Democratic President Barack Obama's nominees for the same 7th Circuit seat that his party filled Thursday.


But with Republican Donald Trump now in the White House, GOP senators are effectively ending the veto power of home-state senators for nominations to the influential appellate courts, the second-highest rung of the federal judiciary.


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EXCELLENT news !!!! The anti's may have their marches and hissy fit groups but we'll have the courts and with the right judges we will see so called "assault weapons " bans, may ( never ) issue, and many other anti 2a laws go down the toilet. a special bonus is this is our district. If Trump get's to replace Ginsberg or Breyer we need to have a party.

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EXCELLENT news !!!! The anti's may have their marches and hissy fit groups but we'll have the courts and with the right judges we will see so called "assault weapons " bans, may ( never ) issue, and many other anti 2a laws go down the toilet. a special bonus is this is our district. If Trump get's to replace Ginsberg or Breyer we need to have a party.

 

or Sotomayor or Kagan!

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EXCELLENT news !!!! The anti's may have their marches and hissy fit groups but we'll have the courts and with the right judges we will see so called "assault weapons " bans, may ( never ) issue, and many other anti 2a laws go down the toilet. a special bonus is this is our district. If Trump get's to replace Ginsberg or Breyer we need to have a party.

How about BOTH Ginsberg and Breyer?

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