Federal Judges Criticize Congress Over Attacks on Nominees

Federal judges spoke out against attacks by members of Congress on judicial nominees, saying attorneys should push back against those accusations to keep judges safe.

Speaking at the Federalist Society’s Third Circuit Chapters Conference in Philadelphia on Friday, Judge Richard Sullivan of the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said that, as he talks to newly appointed federal judges about security issues, some have reported already having gotten death threats.

He said attorneys need to “step up” to defend federal judicial nominees from attacks, political or otherwise.

Third Circuit Judge Cheryl Ann Krause noted that judicial nominees have ...