The US Senate voted to send veteran appellate litigator and civil rights lawyer Amir Ali to a seat on the federal trial court in the District of Columbia.
Ali, who led the MacArthur Justice Center since 2021 and stepped down in August, was confirmed Wednesday, 50-49.
Democrats are rushing to confirm the remaining slate of Joe Biden’s court picks before Republicans take over Senate leadership and Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.
The son of Egyptian immigrants will be the first Arab American judge to serve on the US District Court for the District of Columbia. He ...
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