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Senate Confirms 38-Year-Old Civil Rights Attorney [Tiffany Cartwright] To Be A Federal Judge
Senate Confirms 38-Year-Old Civil Rights Attorney To Be A Federal JudgeThe Senate voted Wednesday to confirm Tiffany Cartwright to a U.S. district court, making the 38-year-old civil rights attorney one of the youngest federal judges in the country.
Cartwright was confirmed, 50-47, to a lifetime seat on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Every Democrat present voted for her, along with two Republicans: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.).
Sens. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) did not vote.
Cartwright was President Joe Biden’s youngest judicial nominee when he first appointed her in January 2022. But two of his other judicial picks who have since been nominated and confirmed are younger: U.S. appeals court judge Bradley Garcia, who is 37, and U.S. district judge Jamar Walker, who is 36.
Of the hundreds of other federal judges across the country, only one is younger than Biden’s judges: Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a Florida district judge appointed by former President Donald Trump. She is 35 or 36. (She was born in 1987, but her specific birthdate is nowhere to be found.)
Age matters a lot considering these are lifetime appointments. Cartwright will now be handing down decisions in federal court cases for decades and is almost certainly a candidate for future elevation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
Cartwright was confirmed, 50-47, to a lifetime seat on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. Every Democrat present voted for her, along with two Republicans: Sens. Susan Collins (Maine) and Lindsey Graham (S.C.).
Sens. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) did not vote.
Cartwright was President Joe Biden’s youngest judicial nominee when he first appointed her in January 2022. But two of his other judicial picks who have since been nominated and confirmed are younger: U.S. appeals court judge Bradley Garcia, who is 37, and U.S. district judge Jamar Walker, who is 36.
Of the hundreds of other federal judges across the country, only one is younger than Biden’s judges: Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a Florida district judge appointed by former President Donald Trump. She is 35 or 36. (She was born in 1987, but her specific birthdate is nowhere to be found.)
Age matters a lot considering these are lifetime appointments. Cartwright will now be handing down decisions in federal court cases for decades and is almost certainly a candidate for future elevation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit.
