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Welcome to the April 11 edition of Robe & Gavel, Ballotpedia’s newsletter about the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) and other judicial happenings around the U.S.

ATLANTA — Former football great Herschel Walker skipped the first major Republican U.S. Senate debate, but his absence at the event in Gainesville on Saturday helped shape the back-and-forth among the five candidates who showed up.

In this month’s federal judicial vacancy count, Ballotpedia tracked nominations, confirmations, and vacancies in Article III courts during the month of March through April 1, 2022. Ballotpedia publishes the federal judicial vacancy count at the start of each month.

According to the latest vacancy data from the U.S. Courts, there were 34 total announced upcoming vacancies for Article III judgeships. Article III judgeships refer to federal judges who serve on one of the 13 U.S. courts of appeal, 94 U.S. district courts, and on the Court of International Trade.…

On his “The Only Former U.S. Senator Now on Tour Tour,” Al Franken is proudly singing the praises of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and denouncing the Grateful Dead as the most boring and overrated band of all time.

By: David Luchs

ATLANTA — U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock's ex-wife is seeking changes to their child custody arrangement in court documents that claim he's in "willful contempt" of the agreement as she attempts to move outside of Georgia.

America is debating whether to make daylight saving permanent, exposing deep divisions between morning people and those who want sunshine at the end of the day. But the issue was put on the national agenda by one man exploiting a strange quirk of US Senate rules.

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