Mustafa Kasubhai won confirmation to Oregon’s federal trial court after a prolonged and difficult trip through the Senate where his nomination was central to Republican criticism of President Joe Biden judicial appointees as radical.
The chamber approved Kasubhai, 51-44, for a seat on the US District Court for the District of Oregon, where he is currently a US magistrate judge and will become one of only a handful of Muslim Americans ever to serve as life-tenured federal judges.
Floor action on Kasubhai comes amid an escalating fight between Senate majority Democrats and Republicans over confirming more Biden judicial nominees before ...
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