A key federal appeals court returns to the spotlight this week on Capitol Hill, where Republicans will take aim at the administration’s nominations and Democrats will elevate their call for the confirmation of a top lawyer to the bench.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) will hold an Oct. 29 press conference to make the case for Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld partner Patricia Millett’s nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.