CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- The U.S. Senate has confirmed a black woman to sit on the Chicago-based 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Candace Jackson-Akiwumi will become only the second black person to have served on the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in the court’s 130 year history. She is the first public defender who will serve on the court.
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin said Jackson-Akiwumi has devoted her life to defending the rule of law, including as a federal public defender for 10 years. She is among the first of President Biden’s judicial nominees who are being picked to represent diversity of all types.
The U.S. Senate vote was 53-40, with Republicans Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, and Lisa Murkowski voting for her. Fifty-one votes were needed for confirmation.
No date has yet been set for her swearing-in.
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