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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell criticized First Circuit nominee Michael Arthur Delaney on Thursday and urged President Joe Biden to reconsider the nomination after the judicial pick testified in a contentious hearing that centered on his advocacy in a case involving a sexual assault survivor.
A First Circuit nominee defended his past role representing a school facing a lawsuit from a sexual assault survivor's family during a Senate hearing Wednesday, as Republicans questioned his judgment in the case that some said was "disqualifying" for his nomination to the bench.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has brought on Debevoise & Plimpton for legal services related to a possible impeachment inquiry against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a DHS spokesperson confirmed to Law360 on Friday.
The Judiciary Committee advanced 24 judicial picks to the full Senate Thursday in a marathon voting session that underscored Democrats' new advantage in their expanded majority and the potentially bitter partisan divide on nominations that could play out for the next two years.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has brought on Debevoise & Plimpton for legal services related to a possible impeachment inquiry against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a DHS spokesperson confirmed to Law360 on Friday.