With 3rd Democratic senator opposed, Biden judicial nominee in jeopardy
President Biden’s pick to be the first Muslim American appeals court judge appears to be in jeopardy after a third Democratic senator came out against him Wednesday, part of a groundswell of opposition over the nominee’s ties to an organization that represents Muslim, Arab and South Asian law students and a group that advocates for incarcerated people and their families.
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) told the Nevada Independent that she would not support Adeel A. Mangi’s nomination to the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, citing “concerns I’ve heard from law enforcement in Nevada.”
Rosen is the third Democratic senator — and second senator from Nevada — to come out against Mangi, a Harvard- and Oxford-trained lawyer in private practice who has been accused by Republican senators of being antisemitic and anti-police.
Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) have also said they would not vote for him. Cortez Masto expressed concerns about Mangi’s membership on the advisory board of the criminal justice reform group Alliance of Families for Justice. Manchin told Politico he will not vote for any judicial nominee who does not have at least some bipartisan support.
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