Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Biden nominates 2nd lesbian to federal appeals court bench
President Joe Biden on November 17 nominated a second lesbian to serve on the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. As the Bay Area Reporter previously reported, the U.S.
Senate on November 1 confirmed Biden's first lesbian nominee to the 2nd Circuit: Beth Robinson of Vermont. The 2nd Circuit includes Vermont, New York, and Connecticut.
That confirmation marked the first time an openly LGBTQ woman had been appointed to a federal appeals circuit seat. This week, the Biden administration announced the president is nominating current U.S.
District Court Judge Alison Nathan, who has served 10 years in the Southern District of New York, to the 2nd Circuit. Nathan was an associate counsel to former President Barack Obama and then special counsel to
