Democrats expand their majority of the 2nd Circuit, Susan Carney confirmed

[usregimechange]

Susan L. Carney, Deputy general counsel, Yale University
Nominee for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
58 Years Old

Vote Counts:

YEAs 71 (19 Republicans, All the Dems)
NAYs 28
Not Voting 1

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=112&session=1&vote=00071

[Alexander]

1. K&R

Nice to have a victory. :thumbsup:

[Ozymanithrax]

2. Perhaps liberals expanded their majority.

Judges are, in theory, non-political.

[usregimechange]

3. And the Democratic ones are more likely to be objective

[Ozymanithrax]

6. I prefer their point of view.

But the courts are considered liberal, centrist, or Conservative rather than Democratic or Republican.

[Tx4obama]

4. K & R n/t

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. kick