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Article: Richmond appeals court balance tips toward Democrats
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 10, 2009
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WASHINGTON - The Senate gave President Obama a major victory
Monday in his efforts to remake the federal courts, confirming a
judge who will tip the political balance on the once-conservative
appeals court based in Richmond.
The 72-16 vote for U.S. District Judge Andre Davis gives
Democratic nominees a 6-5 edge on the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals, which has been tough in death penalty cases, backed
abortion restrictions and supported President George W. Bush's
detainee policies.
Davis, of Baltimore, was the sixth of Obama's court nominees to
be confirmed, including Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Immediately after approving Davis, the Senate voted 88-0 to confirm
a seventh Obama ...