Barbara Lagoa testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee during her confirmation hearing to be U.S. circuit judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, on Oct. 16, 2019. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
The Senate on Wednesday voted to confirm a second judge in as many days to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, flipping the court’s composition to a majority of Republican-appointees.
The Senate voted 80-15 to confirm Florida state Supreme Court Justice Barbara Lagoa to the federal bench. Her vote comes one day after the Senate voted 64-31 to confirm fellow state Supreme Court Justice Robert J. Luck to the same court.
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