{"id":157808,"date":"2026-07-22T10:03:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/22\/senate-confirms-former-ohio-solicitor-general-benjamin-flowers-to-sixth-circuit\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:03:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T18:03:34","slug":"senate-confirms-former-ohio-solicitor-general-benjamin-flowers-to-sixth-circuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2026\/07\/22\/senate-confirms-former-ohio-solicitor-general-benjamin-flowers-to-sixth-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate Confirms Former Ohio Solicitor General Benjamin Flowers to Sixth Circuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flowers, who clerked for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and Ninth Circuit Judge Sandra Ikuta, fills the vacancy left by Sixth Circuit Judge Jeffrey Sutton, who announced plans to take senior status.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" hspace=\"0\" 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