Senate approves U.S. District Court Judge Michael Truncale 49-46, 105th during Trump presidency

[Miles Archer]

Craig Caplan
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49-46: Senate confirms Michael Truncale to be US District Court judge for Eastern TX on near party line vote. Romney was only Republican to vote No. Truncale is the 64th district court judge and 105th federal judge overall approved by Senate during Trump presidency.

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Michael Truncale is proudly opposed to allowing women the right to choose an abortion, a right the U.S Supreme Court confirmed decades ago. He also refuses to say he supports another landmark Supreme Court civil rights decision: Brown v. Board of Education, which solidified the concept that “separate but equal” is not equal. Brown is a key ruling on which many modern U.S. civil rights are based, including same-sex marriage.

Republicans in the U.S. Senate have just voted to make Truncale a federal judge. He will be sworn in as a U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Texas.

That Truncale’s nomination to the federal bench is not in question. He is a longtime Texas GOP party official and volunteered for the Trump campaign. He’s also donated thousands to Republicans, including over $7000 to Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), according to the nonpartisan website The Vetting Room. Cornyn sits on the Judiciary Committee and voted to confirm him.

Truncale has declared that ObamaCare is unconstitutional. The Supreme Court later disagreed with his take.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/senate-republicans-just-pushed-through-a-trump-supporting-anti-lgbt-extremist-to-become-a-federal-judge/

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1. Kenneth Lee and Wendy Vitter are right behind him

Lee to the 9th circuit in the face of both Feinstein and Harris' in-state opposition.