Cuban American judge Barbara Lagoa, picked by President Trump to fill a federal court vacancy at the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate.
With an 80-15 vote, the Senate confirmed Barbara Lagoa to the seat formerly held by Judge Stanley Marcus, a Clinton appointee who sat on the appeals court that handles cases from Florida, Georgia and Alabama since 1997. Lagoa, the first Cuban-American woman confirmed to the 11th Circuit, tilts that court, which was previously split between six Republican appointees and six Democratic appointees, to a GOP-appointed majority. Trump’s nominees alone now hold five of the 12 seats on the 11th Circuit.
It was just this past January when we were congratulating Judge Lagoa, who was born in Miami and raised in Hialeah, on becoming the first Cuban American woman appointed to Florida’s Supreme Court.