President Donald Trump’s latest appeals court pick in the Senate spotlight drew bipartisan rebukes from lawmakers on Wednesday, after he refused to detail advice he gave as a current White House lawyer related to immigration policies like family separation.
Steven Menashi’s contested Judiciary Committee hearing, for a seat on the crucial New York-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, is the latest chapter in a historic Republican push to confirm judges, over objections from a vocal Democratic minority.
Though the former Kirkland & Ellis partner faced tough questions—including from one Republican senator in particular—there’s no clear indication that ...