Julie Rikelman, litigation director at the Center for Reproductive Rights, speaking to media outlets outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington after oral arguments in the Louisiana abortion clinic case June Medical Services v Russo, on March 4, 2020. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
President Joe Biden announced several judicial nominations Friday, including an abortion rights attorney for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and a Connecticut state judge for a seat on the Second Circuit.
The president picked Julie Rikelman, the U.S. litigation director for the Center for Reproductive Rights, to fill a vacancy on the Boston-based First Circuit. Rikelman argued before the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of a Mississippi clinic against the state’s 15-week abortion ban in the case that led to the justices overturning Roe v. Wade.
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