Update: In a statement to member station WFPL Friday, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says the senator would not support the nomination.
A western Kentucky native is nominated for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. White House officials say President Obama chose Kentucky Supreme Court Justice Lisabeth Tabor Hughes for her "long and impressive record of service."
The western Kentucky native was born in Marion and raised in Princeton before earning a bachelor’s degree from the University of Louisville and a J.D. from the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law. She worked in private practice until being appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1997.
She also served on the Jefferson Circuit Court for seven years and currently serves on the Kentucky Supreme Court.
