The Cascadia Advocate is written by the staff, board, and contributors of the Northwest Progressive Institute, a regionally focused nonprofit working from Washington, Oregon, & Idaho to constructively transform our world through insightful research and imaginative advocacy.
NPI was founded in August 2003 and is based in Redmond, Washington.
| Excerpt: | The final vote in favor of her confirmation was 53-47, with three Republican senators joining all Democrats and independents in voting yea. |
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| Published at: | 11:34 AM on Thursday, April 7th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
| Categories: | Breaking News, Public Service |
| Tags: | Judicial Nominations |
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| Excerpt: | The evolution – and proposed revocation – of rights is a must-follow, must-act matter for progressives. The selection, nomination and confirmation of federal judges is so vital to that progress. |
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| Published at: | 6:30 PM on Wednesday, April 6th, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Party Politics, Public Service |
| Tags: | Judicial Nominations |
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| Excerpt: | The committee hearings have witnessed the dog whistles of white supremacy, wild forays into irrelevance, and the kind of raw demagoguery that then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman James Eastland deployed on the first Black Americans nominated to the federal bench. It was a classless effort by Republicans to discredit a nominee who embodies class. |
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| Published at: | 11:52 AM on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Judicial Nominations |
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| Excerpt: | Lin, a civil rights attorney, is the third judge confirmed this year to a distinguished but lately depleted federal court that sits in Seattle and Tacoma. |
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| Published at: | 7:32 AM on Friday, October 22nd, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Other Tags: | U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | King will be the first Native American to serve on the federal bench from a state with twenty-nine recognized tribal nations. |
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| Published at: | 9:37 AM on Thursday, October 7th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Other Tags: | U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes |
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| Excerpt: | Cantwell and Senator Patty Murray, D-Washington, put forward Estudillo’s name and he was nominated to the federal bench in April by President Biden. On September 14th, he was confirmed by a vote of 54-41. |
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| Published at: | 5:06 PM on Tuesday, September 14th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Judicial Nominations |
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| Excerpt: | President Joe Biden's nominees for the federal bench in the Western District of Washington are well prepared and suited to continue the state's rich history of federal jurisprudence. |
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| Published at: | 9:30 AM on Thursday, September 9th, 2021 |
| Written by: | Joel Connelly |
| Categories: | Public Service |
| Tags: | Judicial Nominations |
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