Are Judicial Picks With Defender Pasts Unfairly Criticized? Yes, and It's Not New, Experts Say
"I don't remember it being so pointed in the past... (But) I do think the criticisms that I hear (now) are not not terribly different from what Republicans were saying in the '90s with Clinton, or 2009 with Obama," one law professor said.
July 16, 2021 at 03:27 PM
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JudgesVoting rights attorney Myrna Pérez faced a barrage of scrutiny from Republican senators at her nomination hearing Wednesday for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, including attacks about her ability to be an impartial judge given past statements criticizing voter restrictions.
A proceeding in June for federal defender Eunice C. Lee for the Second Circuit was similarly heated, with Republicans quizzing her on civil procedure and questioning whether her experience handling criminal matters prepared her for the bench.
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