Senate Confirms Wildly Controversial Court Pick

“The Senate voted Thursday to make Steven Menashi a lifetime federal judge, despite his inflammatory writings about women’s rights and diversity, his refusal to answer senators’ questions and his role in devising an illegal Education Department effort to deny debt relief to students cheated by for-profit colleges,” the HuffPost reports.

“Democrats questioned his qualifications ― he has never tried a case, made oral arguments in court or conducted a deposition ― as well as his temperament.”

“Every Democrat present voted against confirming Menashi… Every Republican present but one, Sen. Susan Collins, voted to confirm him.”