FILE - John Broomes, nominated to be United States District Judge for the district of Kansas, testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on nominations on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 15, 2017. On Tuesday, July 2, 2024, U.S. District Judge Broomes blocked a federal rule expanding anti-discrimination protections for LGBTQ+ students from being enforced in four states and a patchwork of places elsewhere across the nation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File, File)