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A seat on the D.C. Circuit deserves to be filled by a high-calliber and impartial jurist, and thankfully we have that in Judge Pan.

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— Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, in comments given on the Senate floor just prior to a 52-42 vote in favor of U.S. District Judge Florence Pan’s elevation to the D.C. Circuit. Pan will take Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson’s recently vacated seat on the appellate court. Pan will be the first Chinese American to serve on the D.C. Circuit.

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