Close X
Thursday, November 28, 2024
ADVT 
International

US Senate Confirms Indian American Amul Thapar To Key Judicial Post

IANS, 26 May, 2017 01:11 PM
    Indian American attorney Amul Thapar, US President Donald Trump's first appellate court nominee, has been confirmed by the Senate to a key judicial position.
     
    Thapar, who sits on the US District Court for Kentucky's Eastern District, was confirmed for the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals by a 52-44 vote on Thursday and is the first Indian-American to be nominated by Trump for the key seat. 
     
    Republicans said the judge is a good example of the kind of picks Trump should make. The President has made five other picks, with more than a dozen other vacancies still awaiting nominations, The Washington Times reported.
     
    "He will fairly apply the law to all who enter his courtroom because, in Judge Thapar's own words, ‘The most important attribute of a judge is to be open-minded and not to prejudge a case without reading the briefs, researching the law, and hearing from the parties'," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.
     
    Thapar becomes the second South Asian judge to be on the US Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears appeals from Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan, the report said. 
     
    During the judge's confirmation hearing, Democrats complained about his record, saying he equates campaign donations with speech and is tied to The Federalist Society, an association of conservative and libertarian legal minds.
     
    Curt Levey, Executive Director for the Committee for Justice, said he doesn't expect a major impact on the court's rulings because a majority of the judges are already GOP appointees.
     
    "Perhaps the most important thing about Thapar's quick confirmation is that it puts him in a perfect position to fill any Supreme Court vacancies that occur in 2018 or thereafter," said Levey.

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Benazir's Daughter Slams Bill Forbidding Public Eating During Ramzan

    Benazir's Daughter Slams Bill Forbidding Public Eating During Ramzan
    Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari, the elder daughter of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, has severely criticised the Ehtram-e-Ramazan (Amendment) Bill which prohibits eating and drinking in public during the month of Ramzan.

    Benazir's Daughter Slams Bill Forbidding Public Eating During Ramzan

    US Imposes Sanctions On Hafiz Saeed And Three Other Pakistan-based Extremists

    The US has imposed sanctions on Pakistan-based extremists and an organisation run by Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed's JuD group as part of an effort to disrupt their leadership and fund-raising networks.

    US Imposes Sanctions On Hafiz Saeed And Three Other Pakistan-based Extremists

    Critics Slam Ivanka Trump's Book, Makes Cut For NYT Bestseller List

    Critics Slam Ivanka Trump's Book, Makes Cut For NYT Bestseller List
    From Buzzfeed to Huffington Post and Business Insider, the list of publications which have brutally thrashed this new book goes on and on. On the other hand, the book is doing well commercially.

    Critics Slam Ivanka Trump's Book, Makes Cut For NYT Bestseller List

    28-Year-Old Indian National Pleads Guilty To Call Centres Scam In Us

    28-Year-Old Indian National Pleads Guilty To Call Centres Scam In Us
    Bharat Kumar Patel, 43, previously pleaded guilty for his role in the fraud and money laundering scheme.

    28-Year-Old Indian National Pleads Guilty To Call Centres Scam In Us

    Dutch Court Rules 12-Year-Old Boy Can Refuse Chemotherapy

    Dutch Court Rules 12-Year-Old Boy Can Refuse Chemotherapy
    THE HAGUE, Netherlands — A judge in the Netherlands has ruled that a 12-year-old boy does not have to undergo chemotherapy if he does not want it.

    Dutch Court Rules 12-Year-Old Boy Can Refuse Chemotherapy

    Michelle Obama Criticizes Trump School Lunch Decision

    WASHINGTON — Former first lady Michelle Obama is criticizing a Trump administration decision to delay federal rules aimed at making school lunches healthier.

    Michelle Obama Criticizes Trump School Lunch Decision