The U.S. Senate confirmed Julie Rikelman, a top lawyer for the Center for Reproductive Rights, to the Boston-based 1st Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals by a vote of 51-43.
Two moderate Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, voted in support of Rikelman, joining all Senate Democrats present for Tuesday's vote.the Supreme Court to reaffirm the constitutional right to abortion and strike down a state law that banned the procedure after 15 weeks of pregnancy.prior rulings that recognized a national right to abortion, in a landmark decision last June that left the issue in control of states.
Rikelman's nomination drew opposition from Republicans, who questioned her abortion rights advocacy during a September 2022 Senate hearing and described her position on the issue as extreme. Rikelman vowed at the hearing to apply the Supreme Court’s recent abortion ruling in future cases, recognizing it as “the law of the land.”Prior to working at the Center for Reproductive Rights, Rikelman was a lawyer for NBCUniversal handling litigation and worked at a prominent New York law firm.
She is Biden’s third nominee to secure a seat on the court, whose active judges were all nominated by Democrats.
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