Senate confirms Trump appointee to federal court who defended anti-LGBTQ laws for years

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President Donald Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, Stephen S. Schwartz, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 8.

Schwartz’s key resume points include being the attorney who represented the Gloucester County School Board in Virginia, which sought to prevent trans student Gavin Grimm from legally using the bathroom that aligned with his gender identity in school. Schwartz then went to represent the state legislature of North Carolina in court, against challenges of the state’s H.B.2 law that explicitly banned people from using bathrooms in accordance with their gender identity.

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This was Schwartz’s third nomination for a spot on the bench by Trump, after his first two attempts were returned by the Senate Judiciary Committee in January 2018, and January 2020. This time, Schwartz’s nomination was initially declined by the committee, but the Senate invoked cloture on December 7, meaning all 100 senators were pressed to cast a vote.

Schwartz’s nomination came down party lines. He was confirmed…

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