A DeKalb County judge whose nomination to the federal bench was dealt a likely fatal blow by U.S. Sen. David Perdue this week said “divisive politics” had stripped him of a Senate confirmation hearing.
Nominated to the federal bench in Atlanta by President Barack Obama last July, State Court Judge Dax Lopez would have been the state’s first Latino federal judge. But Perdue, a Georgia Republican who serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said this week that he would not support the nomination because he had “become uncomfortable” with Lopez’s long-standing membership in the Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials. The group previously has sued to block a state immigration law and has supported the president’s immigration reforms.
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