Muslim Judicial Nominee Decries ‘Smear Campaign’

“The first Muslim American to be nominated for a federal appellate court judgeship formally withdrew his name and lashed out at senators and the judicial confirmation process in a letter to President Biden on Monday, saying he had been the victim of a bigoted smear campaign,” the New York Times reports.

“Adeel Mangi, a New York lawyer picked for a spot on the Philadelphia-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, wrote the letter after Democratic senators cut a deal that in effect left him and other Biden appeals court nominees with no path to confirmation.”