Alaska’s Republican senators are agreeing to disagree on the best approach for vetting contenders seeking to fill emergency vacancies on the state’s federal trial court.
Lisa Murkowski stands by the process senators have used for over 20 years that involves choosing from a list of applicants ranked by the Alaska Bar Association. Dan Sullivan defends his judicial nominating council he created in 2023 to advise him on selections.
The divergence came into sharp relief when President Donald Trump nominated Aaron Peterson, a senior assistant attorney general in the state, who was among a list of names Sullivan sent to the ...
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