The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a Rhode Island public defender for a seat on a federal appeals court, handing President Joe Biden the record for placing the most nominees with that kind of experience onto the circuit courts.
Lara Montecalvo, who leads the Rhode Island Public Defender's Office, was cleared to join the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a 52-47 vote, a day after the SenateMontecalvo's confirmation comes as Senate Democrats speed up the process of voting on Biden's judicial nominees ahead of the November midterm elections, when they risk losing their narrow control of the chamber to Republicans.
She is the sixth public defender nominated by Biden to an appeals court to win Senate approval, a number that surpasses former Democratic President Barack Obama's record of five, the progressive group Demand Justice says. Montecalvo has worked in the Rhode Island Public Defender's Office since 2004 and had led it since 2020. Her nomination had broad support within her state, including from the entire Rhode Island Supreme Court.faced Republican questions
But her nomination ultimately garnered three Republican votes and proved less contentious than that of Arianna Freeman, another public defender Biden nominated to the Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
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