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Tweet - "Nominees for lifetime appointments to federal judgeships should know their way around a courtroom. There are plenty of experienced attorneys in the Second Circuit -- so why did the WH pick Steven Menashi, their own in-house lawyer, when he has literally never argued in court?"

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By: Dick Durbin

Date: Oct. 23, 2019

Issues: Judicial Branch

"Nominees for lifetime appointments to federal judgeships should know their way around a courtroom. There are plenty of experienced attorneys in the Second Circuit -- so why did the WH pick Steven Menashi, their own in-house lawyer, when he has literally never argued in court?"

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