A Florida Republican senator is withholding his support for Joe Biden’s nominee to be the second Black woman on the Miami-based US trial court.
Sen. Rick Scott said that the White House didn’t properly consult him before the administration announced plans to nominate Detra Shaw-Wilder to the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida, according to a Scott spokesperson.
“Until they work with us, I’m not moving forward,” Scott told the Miami Herald in a May 29 interview.
Scott said that he and the White House have had “good faith consultation” on four other judicial nominees, including to ...
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