Alliance for Justice: Eunice Lee Latest Public Defender Confirmed to Appeals Court
August 08, 2021
August 08, 2021
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (TNSPol) -- The Alliance for Justice issued the following statement on Aug. 7, 2021:
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The Senate voted 50-47 today to confirm Eunice Lee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She is the fourth of President Biden's nominees to be confirmed to the federal appeals courts, all of whom have been Black women. Lee is also the third to have experience as a public defender, and will be the only former public defender on the Second . . .
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The Senate voted 50-47 today to confirm Eunice Lee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She is the fourth of President Biden's nominees to be confirmed to the federal appeals courts, all of whom have been Black women. Lee is also the third to have experience as a public defender, and will be the only former public defender on the Second . . .