In his role on the appeals court, Lee will adjudicate cases in a circuit with 427 federally recognized tribes. Lee, 43, won confirmation on a 52-45 vote to the Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, headquartered in San Francisco. “First, Mr. Lee has a long record of controversial writings and statements on race and diversity, immigration, affirmative action, women’s rights, and other issues. Second, Mr. Lee failed to disclose dozens of problematic writings to our in-state judicial commissions and to the Judiciary Committee itself,” Feinstein said in a Wednesday statement. He is also Trump’s 40th confirmed appeals court judge.

Source: Huffington Post May 15, 2019 23:26 UTC