Feingold: Judicial Group Wouldn’t Be Gatekeeper for Democrat (1)

Russ Feingold, the incoming president of the American Constitution Society, said the organization is ready to help a Democratic president identify progressive legal minds for federal judgeships, but it won’t become a “gatekeeper” as the conservative Federalist Society has been for President Donald Trump.

“It’s not appropriate to turn over to a private entity basically a gatekeeper role about who gets to be a judge,” Feingold told Bloomberg Law on Friday. “The Constitution is very clear, the president is to nominate and the Senate is to advise and consent. There should not be a prior gatekeeper.”

Feingold, a Democrat who ...