Biden to Nominate First Hispanic Woman to Fifth Circuit (3)

President Joe Biden intends to nominate Irma Carrillo Ramirez as the first Hispanic woman to serve on the federal appeals court in Texas, a rare judicial appointment of this White House to gain support from both Republican home-state senators.

Ramirez, whose selection to the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit was unveiled Friday, is the latest in a string of historic judicial “firsts” for Biden. He’s stressed professional, gender, and racial diversity in his appointments to a federal bench that’s historically been white and male.

Biden’s selections have sometimes elevated partisan tensions over judicial nominations in the bitterly ...