A conservative lawyer who defended Kentucky’s abortion restrictions is a potential judicial pick by President Joe Biden, a scenario that stunned progressives reeling from the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn its Roe v. Wade precedent.
The White House informed Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) of plans to nominate former Kentucky Solicitor General Chad Meredith to a district court in the state, a spokesman for the lawmaker said. Yarmuth, in a statement, said he “strongly opposed” such a move.
Progressives recoiled at the news, first reported by The Courier-Journal in Louisville, that Biden would consider tapping a litigator who fought to enforce ...
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