Senate Confirms Trump Nominee Steven Menashi to 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals

The Senate on Nov. 14 voted to confirm Trump nominee Steven Menashi to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, despite intense opposition from Democrats.

White House lawyer Steven Menashi, President Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit, appears for his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 11, 2019. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo

The Senate on Nov. 14 voted to confirm Trump nominee Steven Menashi to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, despite intense opposition from Democrats and civil rights groups.

Menashi was confirmed by the Senate by a 51-41 vote, which was majority party-line except Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who has fiercely opposed the 40-year-old’s nomination.