The Senate Confirmed Her 94–0. That Vote Is Not a Lifetime Shield.

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On May 8, 2014, the Senate confirmed Indira Talwani of Massachusetts to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts. Roll-call vote 137, 113th Congress, 2nd Session. Result: Nomination Confirmed. Yeas 94, nays 0. Nomination number PN1220. The same day’s cloture vote (vote 136) was 55–41. The Federal Judicial Center and the Massachusetts court biography record the commission as May 12, 2014.

FJC: born 1960 in Englewood, New Jersey; Radcliffe College, B.A., 1982; University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, J.D., 1988; clerk to Judge Stanley A. Weigel, N.D. Cal., 1988–1989; private practice San Francisco 1989–1999 and Boston 1999–2014. A 94–0 confirmation is a roll-call. It is not a finding about later orders.

Sources

U.S. Senate. Roll Call Vote 137, 113th Cong., 2nd Sess. Confirmation Indira Talwani, May 8, 2014. 94–0. PN1220. www.senate.gov

U.S. Senate. Roll Call Vote 136, 113th Cong., 2nd Sess. Cloture on the Talwani nomination, May 8, 2014. 55–41. www.senate.gov

Federal Judicial Center. Talwani, Indira. Commission issued May 12, 2014. www.fjc.gov

U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts. Judge Indira Talwani. www.mad.uscourts.gov

Opinion

The following is commentary by this site. It is not a finding of fact and not a legal conclusion.

Compiler take

Ninety-four to nothing. Then the second-term docket. A confirmation is a job. It is not a pass on mail ballots, parole, or Medicaid.