Nomination of Justin Walker to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky

Oct. 24, 2019

The AFL-CIO opposes the nomination of Justin Walker to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Only ten years after his graduation from law school, Mr. Walker has extremely limited legal experience, minimal trial experience, and a deeply partisan record that raises very serious concerns about his ability to be fair and open-minded. He was confirmed on Oct. 24, 2019.

Legislative Alert

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Passed

YEAs: 50
NAYs: 41

Legislator State Party Vote
Sen. Susan Collins
ME
 Republican Yes
Sen. Angus King
ME
 ID ID No
Sen. Debbie Stabenow
MI
 Democrat No
Sen. Gary Peters
MI
 Democrat No
Sen. Tina Smith
MN
 Democrat No
Sen. Amy Klobuchar
MN
 Democrat No
Sen. Joshua Hawley
MO
 Republican Yes
Sen. Roy Blunt
MO
 Republican Yes
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith
MS
 Republican Not Voting
Sen. Roger Wicker
MS
 Republican Yes
Sen. Steve Daines
MT
 Republican Yes
Sen. Jon Tester
MT
 Democrat No
Sen. Thom Tillis
NC
 Republican Yes
Sen. Richard M. Burr
NC
 Republican Yes
Sen. Kevin Cramer
ND
 Republican Yes
Sen. John Hoeven
ND
 Republican Yes
Sen. Ben Sasse
NE
 Republican Yes
Sen. Deb Fischer
NE
 Republican Yes
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen
NH
 Democrat No
Sen. Margaret Hassan
NH
 Democrat No
2019 Senate Key Votes
  1. Nomination of Allison Jones Rushing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  2. Nomination of Chad Readler to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  3. Nomination of Eric Murphy to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  4. Nomination of Naomi Rao to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
  5. Nomination of Michael Truncale to the U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas
  6. Nomination of Michael Park to the U.S. Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit
  7. Nomination of Kenneth Lee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  8. Nomination of Howard Nielson to the U.S. District Court of Utah
  9. Nomination of Matthew Kacsmaryk to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
  10. Never Forget the Heroes: James Zadroga, Ray Pfeifer, and Luis Alvarez Permanent Authorization of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund Act
  11. Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019
  12. Resolution to Insist on Paid Family Leave for Federal Personnel
  13. Nomination of Eugene Scalia for Secretary of Labor
  14. Nomination of Justin Walker to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
  15. Resolution to Repeal a Regulation That Allows the Sale of Junk Health Insurance Plans
  16. Nomination of Steven Menashi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  17. Nomination of Lawrence VanDyke to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  18. Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
  19. Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020