Despite GOP efforts, Lucy Koh confirmed as the first Korean American federal appeals judge
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Nationwide, members of the Asian American Pacific Islander community are turning their pain into action. They are running for office and being elected in record numbers for seats from the local to federal level, many as firsts in their states and nationally.Despite GOP efforts, Lucy Koh confirmed as the first Korean American federal appeals judge
Nationwide, members of the Asian American Pacific Islander community are turning their pain into action. They are running for office and being elected in record numbers for seats from the local to federal level, many as firsts in their states and nationally. Most recently, the Senate confirmed the country’s first Korean American woman to serve as a U.S. federal appeals court judge. After being appointed by President Joe Biden, Lucy Koh was confirmed by a vote of 50-45 to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Monday. Koh was formerly a U.S. district judge in the Northern District of California. That position made her the first Asian American U.S. district judge and the first U.S. district judge of Korean descent in the U.S. Read more