Senate confirms Michael Shipp as Federal District court Judge for New Jersey

Judge Michael Shipp. PHOTO/Carmen Natale

The Senate voted nearly unanimously Monday to confirm Michael Shipp to be a judge for the District of New Jersey, even though the vote became the focus of partisan bickering about control of the Senate floor.

Shipp, former counsel to a New Jersey attorney general who became the first African-American magistrate in that district five years ago, was confirmed with a 91-1 vote. Both Republicans and Democrats supported Shipp, described on the

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