At the appeals level, Judge Stephanos Bibas of the Third Circuit, nominated in 2017, wrote a blistering decision last month rejecting the Trump campaign’s election challenge in Pennsylvania. “They just could not be taken seriously as judges if they sided with Trump here.”Judges Bibas and Brasher serve on courts that Mr. Trump has flipped toward conservative majorities. (Her position later held sway when the case was considered by a full slate of Seventh Circuit judges.) On the District of Columbia Circuit, Judge Neomi Rao, confirmed to the bench just last year, has already made waves. Of four cases with published opinions that she participated in alongside two Democratic appointees, she dissented three times, the analysis showed.

Source: New York Times December 17, 2020 07:52 UTC