President Joe Biden announced two federal trial court nominees for Louisiana who were supported by the state’s Republican senators and criticized by House Congressional Black Caucus members who want them withdrawn.
The planned nominations of the assistant US attorneys—including Jerry Edwards Jr., who would be the first person of color to sit as a judge in the Western District of Louisiana—highlights the difficulty of finding nominees to satisfy progressives eager to diversify the bench and Republican senators able to block their path.
Nine Black Caucus members sent a letter to Biden saying they weren’t allowed “meaningful participation” in the selection ...
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