7 GOP senators join Democrats in confirming Biden judicial nominee



Seven Republican senators joined with Democrats and independents on Tuesday in voting to confirm President Joe Biden's nomination of Judge Tanya Monique Jones Bosier to serve as an associate judge on the Superior Court of D.C.

Lawmakers voted 57-41 in favor of confirmation, with all 41 of the opposing votes coming from Republicans.

'In DC it's business as usual.'

The seven GOP senators who voted to confirm included Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Mike Rounds of South Dakota, and Thom Tillis of North Carolina.

"The GOP nominee was convicted in a kangaroo court Thursday. Just 5 days later AT THEIR FIRST CHANCE Sens. @LindseyGrahamSC @SenatorRounds @SenatorLankford @SenThomTillis voted yes on ANOTHER Biden judicial nominee. They won't stop Democrat Lawfare. In DC it's business as usual," Blaze Media's Christopher Bedford tweeted.

"Democrats didn't need these Republicans to confirm their judge. They didn't need @lisamurkowski @MittRomney @SenatorCollins either. These senators are simply adding their seals of approval. Even a controlled opposition at least pretends to oppose. There are no excuses," he added.

Last week, a jury found former President Donald Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, guilty on all counts in a New York criminal trial.

Some GOP senators signed onto a pledge that declares, in part, that they will not vote to confirm any Biden administration political and judicial nominees.

"The White House has made a mockery of the rule of law and fundamentally altered our politics in un-American ways. As a Senate Republican conference, we are unwilling to aid and abet this White House in its project to tear this country apart. To that end, we will not 1) allow any increase to non-security related funding for this administration, or any appropriations bill which funds partisan lawfare; 2) vote to confirm this administration's political and judicial appointees; and 3) allow expedited consideration and passage of Democrat legislation or authorities that are not directly relevant to the safety of the American people," the pledge declares.

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"Are You Still a Marxist?" - Kennedy CONFRONTS Biden Judicial Nominee

"Are You Still a Marxist?" - Kennedy CONFRONTS Biden Judicial Nominee

Biden judicial nominee dodges same question 9 times when grilled about social justice-inspired crimes: 'That was embarrassing'



Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) was forced to ask one of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees the same question nine times this week to elicit a response — but the question still was ultimately dodged.

What happened?

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday on the nomination of Anne Traum to become a U.S. District Judge for the District of Nevada, Kennedy asked Traum for her legal view of certain crimes related to social justice.

"Do you think we should forgive criminal misbehavior in the name of social justice?" Kennedy asked.

But Traum, a law professor at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, was not interested in offering a direct response.

"Senator, thank you for that question. I recognize that all issues of crime and all responses to crime are fundamentally policy issues," Traum responded. "So, those are important issues, they are important for our community and our nation, but I leave those policy issues to the policymakers. If confirmed as a judge I would not be a policy maker."

"I’m not asking your opinion as a judge," Kennedy interrupted. "I’m asking your opinion as a person, as a law professor. I’ll stipulate, with all of you, that you’re all going to be fair and unbiased. Now, do you think misbehavior and illegal acts should be forgiven in the name of social justice?"

When Traum began offering the same response, Kennedy cut her off again, and re-asked his question.

"Senator, that is not a view that I have taken in my work," Traum finally admitted.

"That’s no?" Kennedy said. "Is your answer 'no?'"

Traum did not answer that question directly, only stating that she has not "taken that view" in her work. But Kennedy pressed further.

"I'm asking, professor, what you believe. I think this is really straightforward. Do you believe that an illegal act should be forgiven in the name of social justice," Kennedy said. "It’s pretty simple."

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The grandstanding, however, continued. Kennedy asked his question several more times while Traum offered up several versions of the same response: that she cannot speak generally and that she is not a policymaker.

"Do you not have an opinion?" Kennedy finally asked. Traum responded that she does "not have a view point to share."

"I can tell you don't want to share. I got that part," Kennedy responded. "I don't understand why you don't want to answer my question. If confirmed you’re going to be a federal judge. And I join my good friend, Sen. [Dick] Durbin, in saying judicial temperament is important. But I think being unbiased is even more important, and I find it incredible that you won’t answer my question."

Kennedy asked his question two additional times, but Traum refused to provide a direct answer. He then jokingly asked Traum about her favorite color — a question that she answered — before declaring that he will not vote for her nomination.

"I can’t vote for you, not if you’re not going to answer the questions," Kennedy said. "I mean that was embarrassing."