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Senate confirms Trump judicial pick who argued for anti-LGBTQ N.C. law

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Undeterred by being in the lame duck for Congress, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday approved the nomination of Stephen Schwartz to the U.S.

Court of Appeals for Federal Claims, a nominee with an anti-LGBTQ record who rounds out the unprecedented number of judges confirmed under President Trump.

The vote on the Schwartz confirmation was a strict 49-47 party-line vote, with Republican senators, including Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), voting to approve the Trump pick while Democratic senators voted to reject him.

Nominated by Trump in June 2017, Schwartz’ nomination had been pending for more than two years and takes place in lame duck just before the end of the Trump administration and after the 2020 election when senators would be held accountable

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