Biden Pulled Left in Quest for Judges Outside Corporate Law (1)

Regina Rodriguez is a near-ideal candidate to be a federal judge by the standards of past Democratic presidents: a Hispanic woman with deep experience as a big-firm lawyer and assistant U.S. attorney in Colorado.

But her recommendation this month by the state’s two Democratic U.S. senators has drawn pushback from liberals. They say the endorsement flouts President Joe Biden’s pledge to staff the federal bench with more civil rights lawyers and public defenders, and fewer corporate attorneys and prosecutors.

“I bet you for that same vacancy I could find you somebody with a very compelling background that would be ...