Daniel S. Alter seemed like the right candidate at the right time for a seat on the Southern District bench, until words he claimed he did not say came back to haunt him.

When Mr. Alter was recommended for the post in February, Senator Charles Schumer touted him at a Human Rights Campaign dinner in New York City as both an “exceptional choice” for the federal bench and “a history-maker who will be the first openly gay male judge in American history.”

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