The Senate voted 51-44 early Thursday morning, around 1 a.m., to confirm Nina Pillard to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals after Republicans, angry about filibuster reform, forced an all-night session ...

Law professor Nina Pillard is the most recent nominee to the U.S. Court of Appeals. The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote on Georgetown University Law Center professor Cornelia “Nina” Pillard’s ...

Glutton for punishment that I am, I’ve reviewed the Senate “debate” that took place on Wednesday night on the controversial nomination of Cornelia Pillard to the D.C. Circuit. (For anyone similarly ...

Cornelia “Nina” Pillard is President Obama’s pick for one of three vacant seats on the federal appeals court for the District of Columbia Circuit. She is a well-respected professor at Georgetown Law ...

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Georgetown University Law Center professor Cornelia “Nina” Pillard’s nomination for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Update: Senate Republicans have blocked Nina Pillard, making her the third woman ...

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Cornelia “Nina” Pillard’s confirmation to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit makes an unprecedented five women on the court. Shortly after 1 a ...

Shortly after 1 a.m. Thursday, the Senate voted 51-44 to confirm Nina Pillard as the next D.C. Circuit Court judge. Republicans forced Democrats to use all 30 hours of debate on Pillard’s nomination ...

A former colleague of D.C. Circuit nominee Cornelia Pillard describes her to me as “Reinhardt in a skirt but less moderate.” Given that Ninth Circuit judge Stephen Reinhardt has a strong claim to ...

I have a son. I have the joy and responsibility of nurturing and raising him. I carried him for 9 months, all while balancing work and new motherhood duties, as do countless other women. Despite the ...