Biden Circuit Picks Derailed by Senate Deal on Trial Judges (2)

Senate Democrats have struck a deal with Republicans to advance votes on Joe Biden’s district court nominees while abandoning four pending appellate picks.

“The trade was four circuit nominees — all lacking the votes to get confirmed — for more than triple the number of additional judges moving forward,” a spokesperson for Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) told Bloomberg Government in a statement.

The deal, and the lack of votes, effectively derails Adeel Mangi’s bid for a seat on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mangi, who would have been the first Muslim federal appellate judge, had ...