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Washington mdash; The Senate on Monday approved the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the federal appeals court in the District of Columbia, confirming President Biden s first nominee to the U.S. a stanley cup ppellate courts.Jackson received bipartisan backing from the upper chamber in a 53 to 44 vote. Three Republicans mdash; Susan Collins of Maine, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Lisa Murkowski o stanley cup f Alaska mdash; joined Democrats in confirming Jackson, a judge on the federal district court in D.C. She will fill the seat vacated by Attorney General Merrick Garland.The D.C. Circuit is considered stanley cup the nation s second most-powerful court and a springboard to the Supreme Court. Three of the high court s nine members mdash; Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh mdash; served on the appeals court in the nation s capital before ascending to the high court. Jackson is considered a contender for the Supreme Court if a vacancy arises during Mr. Biden s presidency, especially since the president has pledged to name the nation s first Black woman to the high court if there is an open seat.That prospect has led progressive judicial groups to call forJustice Stephen Breyer, who has been on the Supreme Court for 27 years and for whom Jackson clerked, to retire and allow Mr. Biden to name a successor while Democrats hold slim control of the Senate. The president announced his intent to nominate Jackson Leoc Son of escaped convict unsurprised at breakout
Officials at the University of Nebraska and Michigan State University confirmed Sunday that a current and a former punter for their football teams were killed in a car wreck in Wisconsin early Sunday.The pair had been in Wisconsin for a football camp, according to multiple reports.Mi stanley cup ke Sadler, 24, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was driving. He and 22-year-old Sam Foltz, of Greeley, Nebraska, both died. LSU kicker, 21-year-old Colby Delahoussaye, was also a passenger and was injured in the crash. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln said Sunday the team will skip this week s planned Big Ten media days in Chicago because of the deaths.Waukesha County Sheriff s Lt. Thom Moerman said speed was af1 likely a factor in the single-vehicle crash that happened around 11:45 p.m. Saturday. CBS affiliate KOLN in Lincoln, Nebraska, reports senior Sam Foltz was killed. yeezy Foltz was a three-year starter named the 2015 Big 10 punter of the year, averaging 44.2 yards a punt in 2015 -- his junior year -- on 56 attempts. Foltz was also a first-team All-Big Ten selection. He graduated from Nebraska with a degree in agronomy in May.Nebraska coach Mike Riley said in a statement: Last night, we lost one of the best young men who I have ever had the honor to coach and who has ever worn the Nebraska uniform. Sam was universally loved and respected by everyone he touched and on whom he had a positive influence each and every day. His tragic loss is immeasurable to his