Seventh Circuit Nomination and Confirmation
President George W. Bush nominated Sykes to a seat on the Seventh Circuit on November 14, 2003. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved her nomination (14-5) on March 11, 2004, and she was confirmed 70-27 by the U.S. Senate on June 24, 2004. She was the first judge appointed to the Seventh Circuit by Bush.
On joining the Seventh Circuit, Sykes began serving on the court with Judge Terence T. Evans, for whom she had clerked. It is extremely rare for a judge and their former law clerk to serve together on the same court.
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