Senate Confirms Trump Court Pick With Record Of Attacking Voting Rights
Andrew Oldham argued for gutting the Voting Rights Act. Now he's a federal judge./ WASHINGTON ― The Senate voted on Wednesday to confirm another one of President ’s judicial nominees, Andrew Oldham, despite more than 200 civil rights groups opposing him over his record of trying to restrict voting and civil rights. Every Republican voted to put Oldham, 39, into a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, based in New Orleans. Every Democrat opposed him. The final tally was 50-49. Oldham, a former Texas deputy solicitor ...
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