Biden Nominates Pro-Abortion Lawyer to Appeals Court

Biden Nominates Pro-Abortion Lawyer to Appeals Court
The John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in Boston, Massachusetts, home of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, on Aug. 11, 2017. Photo by Beyond My Ken, GNU Free Documentation License.
Matthew Vadum
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President Joe Biden nominated pro-abortion lawyer Julie Rikelman to the Boston-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit, the White House announced July 29.

Rikelman’s nomination is likely to encounter opposition in the evenly split U.S. Senate. Left-wing activists are applying pressure to Democratic senators, urging them to accelerate the pace of judicial confirmations out of fear that Republicans will retake control of the chamber after the November elections.