WASHINGTON – Republican senators grilled Arizona attorney Roopali Desai, a nominee to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, over working for progressive causes and fighting claims of 2020 election fraud.
WASHINGTON – Republican senators grilled Arizona attorney Roopali Desai, a nominee to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, over her history of working for progressive causes and her work fighting claims of 2020 election fraud.
People are also reading… While she acknowledged that “some of my clients have been affiliated with Democratic causes,” she has also represented large corporations, Fortune 500 companies and the government. She has won several awards for her work as a litigator, and was named one of USA Today’s 12 “Women of the Year” for 2022, alongside gymnast Simone Biles and Vice President Kamala Harris.
But Desai’s involvement in the election lawsuits was just one of the issues senators wanted to ask her about Wednesday. She gave essentially the same answer to Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, when he questioned her about her support for a Phoenix law that would have forced a calligraphy and stationery business to produce wedding invitations for same-sex couples. The owners of Brush & Nib Studio claimed that the law violated what Lee called the owners’ “sincerely held religious beliefs.” The Arizona Supreme Court ruled in the company’s favor in 2019.
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