U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Nominated by President George W. Bush
Confirmed 70–27 on June 24, 2004
- B.S., Northwestern University 1980
- J.D., Marquette University Law School 1984
- Law clerk, Hon. Terence T. Evans, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1984-1985
- Private practice, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1985-1992
- Judge, Wisconsin Circuit Court, Milwaukee County, 1992-1999
- Justice, Wisconsin Supreme Court, 1999-2004
Democrats opposed to her confirmation:
Akaka (D-HI), Baucus (D-MT), Boxer (D-CA), Clinton (D-NY), Corzine (D-NJ), Daschle (D-SD), Dayton (D-MN), Durbin (D-IL), Edwards (D-NC), Feinstein (D-CA), Harkin (D-IA), Inouye (D-HI), Jeffords (I-VT), Johnson (D-SD), Kennedy (D-MA), Lautenberg (D-NJ), Leahy (D-VT), Levin (D-MI), Lieberman (D-CT), Mikulski (D-MD), Murray (D-WA), Nelson (D-FL), Reed (D-RI), Reid (D-NV), Sarbanes (D-MD), Stabenow (D-MI), Wyden (D-OR).