Pro-Lifers Cheer as Trump Flips a Third Appeals Court with a Republican Judge

Calvin Freiburger : Nov 21, 2019
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"Unlike the activist judges appointed by Democrat presidents, the more than 150 federal judges that President Trump has now placed in our court system, with lifetime appointments, will not try to legislate from the bench." -Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life

[LifeSiteNews.com] Judicial nominations are poised to be one of the most lasting impacts of Donald Trump's presidency, and his latest round of appointments has brought the total number of federal appeals courts flipped so far to three. (Image: via LifeSiteNews)

The US Senate voted 51-41 last week to confirm George Mason University law professor and former White House attorney Steven Menashi to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Courthouse News reported.

Democrats objected that he was "extreme" and "unqualified," in Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's words, and sought to make an issue out of his refusal to answer questions about his work for the Trump administration. Critics also attempted to make an issue out of Menashi's college writings as editor-in-chief of the Dartmouth Review, in which he discussed the "overwhelming public consensus against infanticide" and reported that the Dartmouth health department was failing to inform students of Plan B's abortifacient potential.

On Tuesday, the Senate also voted 64-31 to confirm Florida Supreme Court Justice Robert Luck to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, The Washington Times reported, and is slated to confirm Florida Supreme Court Justice Barbara Lagoa to the same bench later this week.

"There are now three federal appeals courts—the Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Circuits—that have more Trump appointees on the bench than judges who were appointed by Democrats," according to Courthouse News.

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