(TargetLiberty.org) – President Trump’s latest judicial nominee was confirmed by the Senate on Wednesday night, November 18, with a solid 49-41 majority. US District Court Judge Kathryn Kimball Mizelle will sit in the Tampa Division of Florida’s Middle District.
The Senate has confirmed President Trump's youngest nominee to the federal bench. Kathryn Kimball Mizelle, a 33-year-old Lakeland native, is Tampa's newest U.S. district judge. https://t.co/NOFP6RCAte
— Tampa Bay Times (@TB_Times) November 19, 2020
Judge Mizelle is a graduate of the University of Florida’s Fredric G Levin College of Law. She’s also an admirer, and perhaps a protege, of Justice Clarence Thomas, the longest-serving member of the Supreme Court, for whom she clerked from 2018 to 2019.
This January, she jointly taught a course with Judge Thomas at her old law school, where she’s an adjunct professor. Since graduation, Mizelle has worked in the Department of Justice, as a law clerk in the DC circuit and as an associate for a Miami-based law firm. Despite being only 33, she brings a wide range of legal experience to her role.
Mizelle is the youngest judge appointed by President Trump, but not the youngest ever. Jasmine Twitty became a municipal court judge in Easley, South Carolina, at the age of 25.
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