First Openly Gay Circuit Court Judge In History, Confirmed By Senate

[Luddly Neddite]

Todd Hughes, First Openly Gay Circuit Court Judge In History, Confirmed By Senate

WASHINGTON -- The Senate made history on Tuesday by voting to confirm Todd Hughes to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Hughes, who was confirmed 98 to 0, is the nation's first openly gay circuit judge. He has been a deputy director in the civil division of the Justice Department since 2007.

Unlike some of President Barack Obama's other key judicial nominees -- namely those for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals -- Hughes cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee with a unanimous vote. With Hughes now confirmed, that leaves 13 judicial nominees awaiting Senate votes: two D.C. Circuit Court nominees and 11 district court nominees.

Another step in the right direction. Maye we'll see "equal rights for all" yet!

 

[Warrior102]

Thanks. Keep everyone posted on appointments of pole-smokers.
Everyone surely gives a fuck.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Thanks. Keep everyone posted on appointments of pole-smokers.
Everyone surely gives a fuck.

I hate to agree with warrior...

But yea this shouldn't be news. Just another judge.

 

[hortysir]

His rulings are what count
Not his orientation

 

[Katzndogz]

It's something everyone should know. Had they known the judge who overturned the vote on Prop 8 was gay they might have had that case removed.

Sexual orientation should be part of every judicial profile.

 

[TheOldSchool]

It's something everyone should know. Had they known the judge who overturned the vote on Prop 8 was gay they might have had that case removed.

Sexual orientation should be part of every judicial profile.

 

[whitehall]

"A step in the right direction"? Does the radical knee jerk left assume that a homosexual judge will decree homosexual agenda from the bench?

 

[hortysir]

It's something everyone should know. Had they known the judge who overturned the vote on Prop 8 was gay they might have had that case removed.

Sexual orientation should be part of every judicial profile.

I disagree.
If the ruling is based on case law and precedent and is well thought out and concise, it matters not who he sleeps with at night.

Do you think a judge that owns firearms should make his list of weaponry a matter of public record in case he winds up ruling over a shooting spree?