Bench Memos

Senate Confirms Watford to Ninth Circuit

Today the Senate confirmed attorney Paul J. Watford to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.  The vote was 61-34. This is closer than I would have expected as quite a few conservatives were outspoken in support of his confirmation.  

Jonathan H. Adler is the Johan Verheij Memorial Professor of Law at Case Western Reserve University School of Law. His books include Business and the Roberts Court and Marijuana Federalism: Uncle Sam and Mary Jane.
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