The controversial judicial nominees proposed by President Biden will expire at the end of the 118th Congress in just a few months, but some experts believe this is exactly what the president and Senate Majority Whip Chuck Schumer will do. I guess it’s according to the plan of the general affairs department (D.N.Y.).
Ron Bonjean, a former secretary of state and a former spokesman for former Sen. Trent Lott (R-Mississippi), said, “Given that there are months left before the election, President Biden’s expectation that this candidate will receive a floor vote is… I’ve completely lost hope.” Senate Republican Conference Staff.
“They’re probably going to throw him to the wind in the hopes that he’ll retreat on his own,” he continued. Bonjean has experience working in the Senate, where she was in charge of communications for the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
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President Biden’s judicial nomination of Adeel Mangi (center) expires at the end of 2024 unless Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (R-New York) withdraws and brings it to the floor for a vote. (Getty Images)
Neither the White House nor Mr. Schumer’s office provided comment to Fox News Digital about their plans to nominate Mr. Mangi or whether there would be a floor vote, which is likely to fail.
“Losing a vote because of a member of your own party while having the right to vote advertises the problems the president has with the Israel-Hamas war,” said Grant Reher, a political science professor at Syracuse University. Only,” he said.
Ross Baker, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Rutgers University, suggested that “if there was a way for members of Congress to avoid a controversial vote, that’s what they would do with this nomination.”
One of the key criticisms of Mangi’s nomination is his relationship with the Center for Security, Race, and Rights (CSRR) at Rutgers University, where he served on the advisory board from 2019 to 2023. CSRR has been particularly accused of anti-Semitism. the aftermath of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel and the ensuing war;
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Critics said the event, held to mark the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, included controversial speakers including Hatem Bazian, who in 2004 called for an “intifada.” points out. San Francisco.
Another speaker was Sami al-Arian, who pled guilty in 2006 to “conspiring to provide services to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” according to the paper. Ministry of Justice.
Biden’s nominee will be the first Muslim judge on a federal appeals court. (Getty Images)
Noura Erakat, human rights lawyer, Palestinian American activist, and Rutgers University associate professor, is also a CSRR speaker. It was revealed that she had been separately advertised as a panelist at an event with Hamas commander Ghazi Hamad.
CSRR has not provided comment to Fox News Digital.
“That’s not the message you want six months after the election,” Reher added.
The political science professor concluded that Mangi was unlikely to be confirmed, saying, “With three Democrats publicly saying they will vote no, Mangi’s chances of winning Republican votes are slim. “It’s low,” he said.
Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, Democrats from Nevada, cited concerns from law enforcement officials and Mr. Mangi’s controversial ties to anti-law enforcement organizations. expressed opposition to the candidate.
Mangi is currently an advisory board member for Families Alliance for Justice (AFJ). The group’s founding board member was Kathy Boudin, who, among other things, pleaded guilty to felonies in the 1981 robbery of an armored truck that left two police officers dead.
The robbery was carried out by the FBI-designated domestic terrorist organization, the Weather Underground Organization, of which Boudin was a member.
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“If religion per se is not a credibility barrier, then association with a controversial organization probably is,” Baker explained.
“Judges in particular should be seen as having no problematic involvement,” he added.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has emerged as Mangi’s most ardent supporter, although his confirmation is unlikely.
Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois pushed back against Mangi’s criticism. (Tom Williams Pool/Getty Images)
A spokesperson for the committee told FOX News Digital, “Senator Durbin calls out the false and unfounded accusations by Senate Republicans against Mr. Mangi, who is a historic nominee and well qualified to serve in Congress. I will continue to point out the nature of these guilt…” The association’s smear is a blatant hypocrisy by Senate Republicans and their dark-finance associates who worked to confirm objectively unqualified candidates for Congress during the Trump administration. ”
Mr. Durbin did not comment on whether he thought Mr. Biden and Mr. Schumer were waiting for the nomination deadline to expire, or whether he was unhappy about it.
His office also did not say whether he wanted a floor vote.
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a member of the committee, said, “Given Adeel Mangi’s credible ties to anti-Semites and terrorist sympathizers, he has no right to serve as an appellate judge.” He has no qualifications at all.”
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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) suggested that President Biden may be playing politics by not withdrawing Mangi. (Getty Images)
“By refusing to withdraw his nomination, President Biden is choosing to engage in electoral politics with our nation’s law enforcement agencies.”
In remarks on the floor Thursday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), referring to Mangi’s continued nomination, said that Democrats were “trying to rally left-wing support for Mangi.” He criticized the government for waging “all-out war.”
He argued that “the relevance of these disqualifications is a fact and cannot be refuted.”
McConnell noted a number of endorsements the Biden administration has rolled out to shore up support for its candidates, saying, “Over the past few months, Democrats have paraded Mangi in front of liberal interest groups to secure their support. ” he explained. He would be the first Muslim Circuit Court of Appeals judge.
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Minority leaders suggested that meetings with these groups called into question Mangi’s ethics.
Mangi did not respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
Mr. Biden does not appear to be publicly pushing for Mr. Mangi’s nomination in response to defections from the Democratic Party, but “there is always the possibility that there will be a push to approve Mr. Mangi’s nomination again during the lame duck session before the next Congress.” ” said Bonjean.
