Voting rights lawyer Dale Ho was confirmed to a federal district court covering Manhattan after waiting more than 20 months as a nominee.
The Senate voted 50-49 on Wednesday to send the ACLU attorney to the US District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who’s in a competitive reelection fight, joined all Republicans present in voting no. Manchin aligned himself with GOP characterizations of Ho as a partisan unsuited for judicial service.
President Joe Biden initially selected Ho in September 2021, but conservative opposition over his progressive legal background and roadblocks preventing Democrats from ...
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