The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted today to advance four nominees for federal district court, including three for the high-profile Southern District of New York.
One nominee, Jesse Furman, the deputy chief appellate attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, faced tough questions during his confirmation hearing. Republican senators asked about opinion columns he wrote in college, which he disavowed, and a brief he wrote in private practice about the use of public school facilities by religious students. Furman said he would follow precedent in establishment-clause cases if confirmed.
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