Terrific Trump: Trump About to Flip Another Appeals Court To Conservatives

President Donald Trump is in striking range of flipping another federal appeals court to a majority of Republican-appointed judges, this one based in his home state of New York.

The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Joseph Bianco to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in a 54 to 42 vote that included some Democratic support. A second appointment to that court, Consovoy McCarthy Park partner Michael Park, is expected to be confirmed this week after the chamber voted to end debate on his nomination.

When Trump makes additional appointments for vacancies that will be left by two judges who recently announced their retirements, Dennis Jacobs and Christopher Droney, the 13-member court will be majority Republican-appointed.

Based in the nation’s financial capital, the Second Circuit has been called the “Mother Court” of securities law and has been the center of high-profile cases including the NFL’s “Deflategate” controversy.

And with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe complete, the focus of Trump-related investigations now shifts to New York where his former lawyer, Michael Cohen, was convicted in federal court of campaign finance and other crimes. Cohen began a three-year prison term this week.

Trump flipped the Pennsylvania-based Third Circuit earlier this year to majority Republican appointees, and has appointed more than 100 judges overall since taking office in 2017.

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