Print this article Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is pushing for President Joe Biden to nominate two liberal voting rights activists to federal courts in New York. Schumer on Monday recommended Myrna Perez, director of voting rights at New York University's Brennan Center for Justice, for a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit. He did the same for Dale Ho, head of the American Civil Liberty Union’s Voting Rights Project, for a vacancy in the Southern District of New York. On Wednesday, Schumer discussed the thinking behind his picks as the Senate began a confirmation hearing for Eunice Lee, another one of his recommendations for the 2nd Circuit. The Senate majority leader said that Lee, as well as Perez and Ho, none of whom are judges, are part of a new type of nominee for Democrats, counterbalancing Republican picks.