Democratic Scrutiny for Biden's Appeals Court Nominee
President Biden's nominee for the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Michael Delaney, is facing scrutiny from some Democrats and outside groups over his signature on a legal brief defending a parental notification law in New Hampshire, which has injected the issue of abortion into his confirmation fight. Delaney's involvement in the case and his representation of St. Paul's School in a sexual assault case are complicating his confirmation, which will test how far Biden will push Democrats to support his nominees to the federal bench. The close attention on an abortion case also shows how stakes are ever-higher in a post-Roe v. Wade world.