Posted on 02/12/2020 10:28:13 AM PST by Red Badger
A Montgomery federal court judge was elevated to a seat on a federal appeals court Tuesday after the U.S. Senate voted along party lines confirming Judge Andrew Brasher to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Brasher, who quickly rose up the ranks from Alabama’s solicitor general to a federal judgeship, was confirmed in a 52-43 vote in the Senate. His nomination faced criticism from the Alabama NAACP and other groups, who contended that he would be unfair to African Americans after he supported gutting key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Brasher, who was nominated by President Trump for the post in November, was rated qualified by the American Bar Association.
Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., applauded his colleagues for confirming Brasher.
“I believe Judge Brasher has served with impartiality, integrity, and purpose as a district judge, and I am confident he will continue to do so in this new capacity,” the senator said in a statement. “I commend President Trump on his decision to nominate Judge Brasher to the Eleventh Circuit and know that his dedication to justice will contribute to the respected standards of our nation’s judicial system.”
Shelby’s Democratic counterpart, Sen. Doug Jones, voted against confirming Brasher.
“Sen. Jones did not support his nomination to the district court and has not seen any new information that would change his position," a Jones spokeswoman told AL.com. "That being said, Judge Brasher currently serves on the bench and Senator Jones wishes him well going forward.”
With Brasher’s confirmation to the 11th Circuit – which has jurisdiction over federal appeals cases in Alabama, Georgia and Florida --, Trump has appointed half of the active judges on the circuit, according to Carl Tobias, a professor at the University of Richmond School of Law and an expert on federal judicial nominees.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, who worked with Brasher for part of Brasher’s tenure as solicitor general, called the confirmation a “victory for the rule of law.”
“Judge Brasher’s deep record of public service, combined with his impeccable legal credentials, more than qualify him for a seat on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals,” Marshall said in a statement. “I am especially proud of his contributions as solicitor general for the state of Alabama, where he successfully argued cases before the Alabama Supreme Court, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. Supreme Court. Without a doubt, Judge Brasher will bring a renewed focus to upholding the law as he assumes his new position on the federal appeals court.”
U.S. District Court Judge Andrew BrasherU.S. District Court, Middle District of Alabama
Trump judge bump!
52 out of 53 GOP votes. Who was missing?
Several Democrats were absent.
Where was Doug Jones on this pick?
He voted against.
He supported ending the federal oversight of elections in southern states, where state and local election officials were supervised by woke bureaucrats, and had to bend over backward to meet unrealistic goals in any black neighborhoods. And this was ONLY in southern states.
And the Supreme Court agreed with him, deeming that portion of the Voting Rights act unconstitutional. So, what these people are saying, is that the justices who voted to free those southern states from woke bureaucrats, should also be removed.
Democrats were misusing civil rights laws to interfere in the internal affairs of southern states to secure an improper partisan gain.
I now live in MS.
We have Voter ID.
Every person working in my Polling Place is Black.
My Vote actually makes a difference. It didn’t when we lived in CA.
I don’t have to worry about an Illegal Invader stealing my Vote like they did in CA.
L Graham was absent. All other R’s voted Yea.
Alphabetical by Senator Name
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Baldwin (D-WI), Nay
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Bennet (D-CO), Not Voting
Blackburn (R-TN), Yea
Blumenthal (D-CT), Nay
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Booker (D-NJ), Nay
Boozman (R-AR), Yea
Braun (R-IN), Yea
Brown (D-OH), Nay
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Cantwell (D-WA), Nay
Capito (R-WV), Yea
Cardin (D-MD), Nay
Carper (D-DE), Nay
Casey (D-PA), Nay
Cassidy (R-LA), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Coons (D-DE), Nay
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Cortez Masto (D-NV), Nay
Cotton (R-AR), Yea
Cramer (R-ND), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
Cruz (R-TX), Yea
Daines (R-MT), Yea
Duckworth (D-IL), Nay
Durbin (D-IL), Nay
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Ernst (R-IA), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Nay
Fischer (R-NE), Yea
Gardner (R-CO), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Nay
Graham (R-SC), Not Voting
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Harris (D-CA), Nay
Hassan (D-NH), Nay
Hawley (R-MO), Yea
Heinrich (D-NM), Nay
Hirono (D-HI), Nay
Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea
Johnson (R-WI), Yea
Jones (D-AL), Nay
Kaine (D-VA), Nay
Kennedy (R-LA), Yea
King (I-ME), Nay
Klobuchar (D-MN), Not Voting
Lankford (R-OK), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Nay
Lee (R-UT), Yea
Loeffler (R-GA), Yea
Manchin (D-WV), Nay
Markey (D-MA), Nay
McConnell (R-KY), Yea
McSally (R-AZ), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Nay
Merkley (D-OR), Nay
Moran (R-KS), Yea
Murkowski (R-AK), Yea
Murphy (D-CT), Nay
Murray (D-WA), Nay
Paul (R-KY), Yea
Perdue (R-GA), Yea
Peters (D-MI), Nay
Portman (R-OH), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Nay
Risch (R-ID), Yea
Roberts (R-KS), Yea
Romney (R-UT), Yea
Rosen (D-NV), Nay
Rounds (R-SD), Yea
Rubio (R-FL), Yea
Sanders (I-VT), Not Voting
Sasse (R-NE), Yea
Schatz (D-HI), Nay
Schumer (D-NY), Nay
Scott (R-FL), Yea
Scott (R-SC), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Nay
Shelby (R-AL), Yea
Sinema (D-AZ), Nay
Smith (D-MN), Nay
Stabenow (D-MI), Nay
Sullivan (R-AK), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Nay
Thune (R-SD), Yea
Tillis (R-NC), Yea
Toomey (R-PA), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Nay
Van Hollen (D-MD), Nay
Warner (D-VA), Nay
Warren (D-MA), Not Voting
Whitehouse (D-RI), Nay
Wicker (R-MS), Yea
Wyden (D-OR), Nay
Young (R-IN), Yea
He was born in 1981, so he’s going to be around for quite a while. Let’s hope that he is a true Originalist and, if so, that he keeps working until he’s 80 or more.
100% correct. Maybe with enough judges like Brasher, we can implement actual equality under the law. Four more years of Federalist Society judge appointments will surely help.
“Where was Doug Jones on this pick?”
I don’t know but the local news gave Jones plenty of air time this morning to spew the dem talking points about President Trump cleaning house with the fed prosecutors and NSC.
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