McConnell confirmed to District of Rhode Island
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May 5, 2011
Washington D.C.: On May 4, 2011 the senate confirmed John McConnell to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island with a party line vote of 50-44. The controversial nomination had been returned to the president twice since the nomination was first submitted on March 10, 2010. Critics of the nomination pointed to McConnell's Democratic fundraising past and his inconsistent hearing responses and previous legal action as potential problems. McConnell's confirmation lowers the vacancy warning level of the District of Rhode Island from orange to green by filling the only vacant seat in the district.[1]
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Federal courts:
First Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of Rhode Island • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of Rhode Island
State courts:
Rhode Island Supreme Court • Rhode Island Superior Court • Rhode Island District Court • Rhode Island Family Court • Rhode Island Workers' Compensation Court • Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal
State resources:
Courts in Rhode Island • Rhode Island judicial elections • Judicial selection in Rhode Island
