Senate Judiciary Deadlocks on Dobbs Lawyer for First Circuit

The Senate Judiciary Committee deadlocked along party lines on advancing the federal appeals court nomination of the lawyer who represented the Mississippi abortion clinic in the US Supreme Court case that overturned the constitutional right to abortion.

Julie Rikelman, tapped for a seat of on the Boston-based US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, attracted opposition on Thursday from 11 panel Republicans, who questioned whether her personal views would cloud how she approaches cases.

At her September confirmation hearing, Rikelman, said she would “apply Dobbs faithfully” when asked about the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, that she ...