President Biden nominates second out woman to federal appellate court

President Biden on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House Thursday, March 18, 2021.
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Just weeks after Beth Robinson was confirmed as the first out LGBTQ woman in the country as a judge on a federal appellate court seat, President Joe Biden has nominated a second out woman to also join the same bench.

The White House announced this week that Biden is nominating Alison Nathan, currently a district judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals of the Second Circuit. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) recommended her, as he did when she was nominated to her current judgeship by President Barack Obama (D) in 2011.

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In addition to currently serving on the District Court, Nathan was previously a…

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