“In 2006, Salas was selected from a group of 99 applicants as U.S. Magistrate Judge for the District of New Jersey, becoming the first Latina in that position,[2] in which she served for five years.[1] On August 31, 2010, Senators Frank Lautenberg and Robert Menendez, announced they would recommend to President Barack Obama that Salas be nominated to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey as a U.S. District Court judge.[6] Obama nominated her on December 1, 2010, to a seat vacated by the retiring Katharine Sweeney Hayden.[4] On June 14, 2011, the Senate confirmed Salas, making her the first Latina on the District Court of New Jersey.[1][5][7][8]”
If that putrid turd Menendez recommended her, I’d say my initial instincts on this are correct.