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^ "For Pride Month, Biden Should Probably Fill the Courts with Lesbian Judges".

Senate confirms Innocence Project lawyer Morrison to be federal judge".

^ Raymond, Nate Raymond, Nate (June 8, 2022).

District Court for the Eastern District on New York".

^ "Support the Confirmation of Nina Morrison to the U.S.

District Judge for the Eastern District of New York)".

^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Nina Morrison, of New York, to be U.S.

^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nina Morrison to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York)".

United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – March 10, 2022" (PDF).

^ "Republicans Blame Crime On An Innocence Project Lawyer Tapped For A Judgeship".

"Innocence Project lawyer, nominated to be judge, faces GOP attacks". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release).

^ a b "President Biden Names Eleventh Round of Judicial Nominees" (Press release).

^ a b "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF).^ "Chuck Schumer Recommends 3 Progressive Women For Federal Judgeships".District Court for the Eastern District of New York". ^ Voruganti, Harsh (January 20, 2022).Joe Biden judicial appointment controversies.District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Morrison is the second openly LGBTQ judge on the U.S. Morrison's father, Alan Morrison, is a lawyer and academic who is the Public Interest Dean of the George Washington University Law School. On June 8, 2022, the Senate confirmed her nomination by a 53–46 vote. On May 24, 2022, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 50–41 vote. On March 10, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.

During her hearing, Morrison was questioned by several Republican senators over her understanding of criminal statutes and her past support for progressive prosecutors. On February 16, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. President Biden nominated Morrison to the seat vacated by Judge Dora Irizarry, who took senior status on January 26, 2020. On December 15, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Morrison to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University. From 2002 to 2016, she was an adjunct professor of law at the Benjamin N. As an attorney at the Innocence Project, Morrison has been lead or co-counsel in cases that have freed more than 30 wrongly convicted people from prison and death row. She joined the Innocence Project in 2002 and has since worked as executive director and senior litigation counsel. She was then an associate at Emery, Cuti, Brinckerhoff & Abady from 1999 to 2001 focusing on civil rights litigation. From 1992 to 1995, Morrison was an investigator with the California appellate projects, which represents California's death row inmates in post-conviction proceedings. Morrison began her legal career as a law clerk for Judge Pierre Leval of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She received a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University in 1992 and a Juris Doctor from the New York University School of Law in 1998. Morrison was born in 1970 in New York City.