37-Year Old Confirmed to Lifetime Seat on Court

“The Senate voted Tuesday to confirm Allison Jones Rushing, 37, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, making her the youngest federal judge in the country,” the HuffPost reports.

“Democrats raised a number of concerns with Rushing… She worked for Alliance Defending Freedom, a conservative Christian organization that has been classified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. She has argued that there were ‘moral and practical’ reasons for banning same-sex marriage. And some lawmakers said she simply lacks the experience or legal ability to be a federal judge.”