03.05.19

Nominees for Fourth and Sixth Circuit Courts Up Next in Senate

‘Yesterday the Senate voted to advance the nomination of Allison Jones Rushing to serve on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals… Following Ms. Rushing, the Senate will consider Chad Readler of Ohio to serve on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the following remarks on the Senate floor regarding the need to confirm more of the president’s well-qualified nominees:

“Yesterday the Senate voted to advance the nomination of Allison Jones Rushing to serve on the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals. As I noted yesterday, Ms. Rushing comes with significant appellate experience, and has filed 47 briefs in the U.S. Supreme Court. It’s clear to me, as it was to a majority of our colleagues on the Judiciary Committee, that she would make a fine addition to the federal bench. So I’ll support her confirmation later today and I recommend that each of my colleagues do the same.

“Following Ms. Rushing, the Senate will consider Chad Readler of Ohio to serve on the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals. Mr. Readler is a two-time graduate of the University of Michigan, earning his J.D. with honors in 1997. Following law school, he held a clerkship on the 6th Circuit and has built a longstanding reputation in private practice as a consummate legal professional. Mr. Readler is also active in pro bono work, including for the United Way of Central Ohio. And his nomination earned a well-qualified rating from the American Bar Association. So I’ll look forward to advancing yet another of President Trump’s impressive judicial nominees later this week.”

Related Issues: Nominations, Judicial Nominations