The U.S. Senate has voted to confirm federal trial court judge and former Barrington-area resident John Lee to serve as a judge on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
The U.S. Senate voted 50-44 earlier this month to confirm federal trial court judge and former Barrington-area resident John Lee to be a judge on the Chicago-based 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias, a longtime scholar of federal judicial selection, said Lee “has many of the same qualities as Wood,” characterizing him as “a very experienced judge on a highly respected district court, who shares Wood’s attributes of being very smart, independent, hard-working, collegial and possessing balanced temperament.”
The vote was “hardly bipartisan, considering that up until the Trump administration, there were relatively few ‘no’ votes for nominees — 33 of Obama’s 55 nominees had zero no votes,” said Russell Wheeler, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and a longtime scholar of the federal judiciary. “Most opposition party senators’ routinely casting no votes is one more sign of a confirmation process deeply infected by the country’s polarized politics.
Lee could not be reached for comment regarding his Senate confirmation. However, at his Senate hearing, he told senators that he felt “honored and privileged” to be selected, and he discussed his parents’ decision to immigrate to the U.S.
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