One of President Joe Biden‘s judicial picks appears to be in serious trouble.
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) said Thursday that he thinks federal appellate court nominee Adeel Mangi has zero chances of confirmation in the Senate after Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) backed out of supporting the Biden administration‘s pick, marking the second Democrat to do so this week.
“I believe that the nomination is dead. It’s as dead as Jimmy Hoffa,” Kennedy told the Washington Examiner shortly after Manchin said he would oppose Mangi’s nomination, a move that could dash Biden’s hopes of confirming the first Muslim American to a federal appellate court.
“I don’t think he has any bipartisan support,” Manchin told reporters of Mangi’s confirmation prospects one day after he announced he would oppose any of Biden’s nominees that Senate Republicans are universally voting against,
