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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 24, 2022

U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Rachel Bloomekatz, an Ohio public interest lawyer, appeared before the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee this week. She has been nominated to replace retiring Judge R. Guy Cole Jr. on the court, which hears federal appeals from several states, including Tennessee. Some Republicans questioned her past advocacy on behalf of a gun safety group and her views on youth offenders, Reuters reports. Bloomekatz told the members she would follow the U.S. Supreme Court's precedents supporting gun rights and defended her representation of criminal defendants. Bloomekatz has earned support from a number of conservatives, including members of the Federalist Society in Ohio and former Republican Supreme Court clerks who worked with her when she clerked for Justice Stephen Breyer. Cleveland.com has more on the hearing.