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Booker concedes defeat on Mangi nomination: ‘Shameful for America’

December 18, 2024 10:25 pm

The saga of Adeel Mangi’s nomination to a seat on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals has come to an end – and not in the way Senator Cory Booker or most of his fellow Democrats were hoping for. In...

Mangi nomination looks to be dead, handing Third Circuit seat to Trump

November 25, 2024 4:19 pmNovember 26, 2024 8:08 am

The nomination of Adeel Mangi to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals was supposed to be a crowning moment for President Joe Biden’s efforts to reshape the federal judiciary. Not only would Mangi maintain the 3rd Circuit’s ideological balance, but...

With Mangi nomination still on the ropes, Helmy says he’s hopeful for November vote

September 18, 2024 5:04 pm

It’s now been six months since New Jerseyan Adeel Mangi’s nomination to a judgeship on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals became imperiled due to opposition from several key Democratic senators, and there’s still no clear plan to get him...

How N.J.’s congressional delegation voted in June

July 8, 2024 2:31 pm

With the clock running out before Congress’s long August recess – and with the presidential election beginning to dominate Washington’s attention – Congress got to work this past month on annual must-pass bills funding the federal government and laying out...

Booker on Mangi nomination: ‘It’s not over yet’

May 2, 2024 9:16 amMay 2, 2024 9:36 am

It’s been more than a month since it first became clear that New Jerseyan Adeel Mangi’s nomination to the Third Circuit Court of Appeals was in trouble, and there’s been little reason for optimism since then. Three Senate Democrats have...

D.C. Dispatch: What N.J.’s members of Congress did in Washington this week

March 22, 2024 1:20 pm

The government will probably keep the lights on! House Speaker Mike Johnson is under threat of losing his job! The first-ever Muslim federal appeals court nominee, a New Jerseyan, may not make it through the Senate! It was an eventful...

With N.J. Circuit Court nominee in trouble, Biden may have to switch tactics – and soon

March 21, 2024 11:01 amMarch 21, 2024 5:28 pm

Democrats in the U.S. Senate don’t appear to have the votes to confirm New Jersey’s Adeel Mangi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, presenting President Joe Biden with a difficult political – and moral – dilemma:...