After nearly two years, Senate confirms Kansan to fill federal appeals court vacancy

The Senate on Thursday voted to confirm Kansan Richard Federico to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, filling a seat that has been vacant for nearly two years. Federico, who has served as a federal public defender in Kansas since 2017, was nominated by President Joe Biden in July. He also worked as a military judge in the Navy Reserve Trial Judiciary and served in the Navy’s JAG corps both as a prosecutor and as a defense attorney. “I appreciated the opportunity to meet with him in Kansas and Washington, D.C., to discuss his commitment to practice judicial restraint by rel...