Nusrat Choudhury was confirmed Thursday as a federal judge by the US Senate, making history as the first Muslim woman and the first Bangladeshi American to join the federal judicial bench
The vote in the Democrat-led Senate narrowly passed along party lines. President Joe Biden nominated the civil rights attorney in January 2022, along with seven other federal judicial nominees, who, the White House said, “continue to fulfill the President’s promise to ensure that the nation’s court reflects the diversity that is one of our greatest assets as a court – both in terms of personal and professional backgrounds.
“Nusrat Choudhury is a trailblazing civil rights lawyer with a remarkable record of advancing equal justice for all in our nation,” Anthony Romero, ACLU’s executive director, said in a statement. He added that the confirmation is “an exclamation point on her long track record of protecting civil liberties and civil rights.” However, it was Choudhury’s police reform work that prompted Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin to join Republicans in opposing her nomination.
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