The president has reportedly agreed to nominate an anti-abortion Republican to a lifetime judgeship. In exchange, McConnell has vowed to stop blocking two Biden picks for term-limited U.S. attorney posts.
with Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell to nominate an anti-abortion lawyer to a lifetime federal judgeship came into clearer focus on Friday, sparking fresh calls for top congressional Democrats to block the proposed agreement.Friday that"McConnell will allow Biden to nominate and confirm two U.S.
"Under the arrangement, Meredith would take the seat currently occupied by Judge Karen Kaye Caldwell, a George W. Bush nominee," Stern noted."Caldwellto senior status on June 22, which, once complete, will allow Meredith to take the seat. A lawyer with connections to the Kentucky governor's office who is familiar with the agreement told Slate that Caldwell conditioned her move upon the confirmation of a successor—specifically, the conservative Meredith.
The terms of the deal as well as its timing—right on the heels of the Supreme Court's decision last week to strike down—infuriated Democratic lawmakers and advocates who are currently fighting to shield reproductive rights from Republican officials like Meredith, who defended anti-abortion laws during his tenure as Kentucky's solicitor general.
Rep. John Yarmuth , who had planned to recommend nominees for the Eastern District in the case of a vacancy, toldthat Biden's deal with McConnell is"indefensible" and that he has expressed his"outrage" to the White House, which has yet to publicly acknowledge the arrangement. "I understand how brutally manipulative Mitch is, but at some point you have to stand up to him," Yarmuth told the outlet."You have to just confront him and say, 'No, we're not gonna appoint your people. We're not gonna let Mitch McConnell appoint judges and other federal officials in a Democratic administration.'"
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