Senate confirms Beth Robinson, the first out lesbian U.S. circuit court judge

Judge Beth Robinson was grilled by Republicans at her Senate confirmation hearing
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Beth Robinson will officially become the first out LGBTQ woman in the country to serve on a U.S. appeals court.

In a 51-45 vote yesterday, the Senate confirmed Robinson to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, which has jurisdiction in Connecticut, Vermont, and New York. It is a lifetime appointment for the 56-year-old graduate of Dartmouth College and University of Chicago Law School.

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All Democrats present voted for Robinson, as did two Republicans: Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME).

Robinson has been an associate justice on the Vermont Supreme Court for the past ten years, where she also made history as the state’s first out LGBTQ supreme court justice.

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