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Biden Releases First Slate of Judicial Nominees

Reuters

   WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden released his first slate of 11 federal
   judicial nominations on Wednesday, including three Black women for
   federal circuit court vacancies, a Muslim American and an Asian
   American and Pacific Islander.
   "This trailblazing slate of nominees draws from the very best and
   brightest minds of the American legal profession," Biden said in a
   statement that emphasized their "broad diversity of background
   experience and perspective."
   The nominees, which include nine women, must be confirmed by the U.S.
   Senate.
   The Black women nominated for federal circuit court vacancies include
   Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
   District of Columbia Circuit, Tiffany Cunningham for the U.S. Court of
   Appeals for the Federal Circuit and Candace Jackson-Akiwumi for the
   U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
   Zahid N. Quraishi, a New Jersey magistrate judge, would be the nation's
   first Muslim American to serve on a federal district court.
   Judge Florence Pan would be the first Asian-American judge to serve on
   the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the White House
   said in a statement.