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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.
—
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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