Conservatives Escalate Pressure Against Muslim Appellate Pick

Senate Republicans and other conservatives are intensifying their opposition to President Joe Biden’s nominee to become the first Muslim federal appellate judge as the White House condemns their criticisms as “Islamophobic attacks.”

The Judicial Crisis Network has joined GOP lawmakers in a bid to upend Adeel Mangi’s nomination to the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit over his ties to a law school group they say hosted events with radical speakers.

JCN has launched a digital ad campaign to pressure Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) to oppose the nomination. Their seats are considered possible pickups ...