More centrist Democratic blocking of Biden will now likely bite us and the nation in the arse (RW lifetime appointment)

[Celerity]

also involved was Schumer's typical fecklessness

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Emil Bove, the Trump Justice Department official most responsible for the illegal purges of federal lawyers, is being floated for a seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The seat is open because Democrats would not confirm Biden’s nominee to the post, Adeel Mangi. Mangi is Muslim, and that was pretty much the only objection Democrats had against the man. I ask again: Senate Democrats, have you guys learned anything these past few months?

Democrats sound off after Third Circuit nominee Mangi takes Senate to task

After an intense Republican messaging campaign and a last-minute Senate deal tanked his nomination, Mangi told President Biden that the process for selecting federal judicial nominees is “fundamentally broken.”

https://www.courthousenews.com/democrats-sound-off-after-third-circuit-nominee-mangi-takes-senate-to-task/

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Adeel Mangi, tapped last year by President Joe Biden to join the Third Circuit, made waves Monday when he told the White House in a sharply worded letter that judicial selection procedures in the Senate are “fundamentally broken.” The nominee, who is Muslim and of Pakistani descent, argued he had faced a “smear campaign” from Republicans and conservative organizations which attempted to paint him as a terrorist sympathizer and as opposed to law enforcement.

Mangi also slammed a deal between Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican leaders which put his nomination permanently on ice. The agreement, inked last month, saw Democrats agree to spike confirmation votes on Mangi’s appointment and those of three other White House appellate nominees in exchange for speedy votes on a tranche of federal district court picks. “The strength of the Senate’s collective commitment to principle stands revealed,” Mangi fumed to Biden.

But on Tuesday, Schumer offered little consolation to the nominee. Asked by Courthouse News during a news conference for his reaction to Mangi’s letter, the Democratic leader said it was “regrettable” that he could not be confirmed. “My reaction is that we didn’t have the votes to put him on the floor,” Schumer said. "I was supportive of him.” Indeed, it was an open question for months as to whether Mangi had enough Democratic support to survive a confirmation vote on the closely divided Senate floor.

At least two lawmakers, Nevada Senators Jacky Rosen and Catherine Cortez Masto, said publicly that they would not vote for the nominee. The Silver State Democrats pointed to concerns from law enforcement about Mangi’s affiliation with a reform-minded prison advocacy group — a connection raised by Republicans and played down by the nominee himself. And with West Virginia Joe Manchin refusing at the time to consider Biden nominees without Republican support, Mangi’s nomination languished on the Senate floor for months until it was finally scuttled by Schumer’s agreement with the GOP.