Federal appeals court nominee Halil “Sul” Ozerden came under pressure from a key Republican senator on Wednesday over concerns that he’s not ideologically conservative enough, citing in part an Obamacare challenge from the Catholic Church that he dismissed as a district judge.
Ted Cruz of Texas, where the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sits, raised points at Ozerden’s confirmation hearing that the Trump nominee’s body of work on the bench isn’t faithful to a conservative theory for interpreting the Constitution.
“For a lifetime appointment to the court of appeals, what I believe we should be looking for ...
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