Biden has reportedly agreed to appoint a lawyer to a federal judgeship who is outside the mold of those traditionally selected by Democratic presidents.
The Louisville Courier-Journal
reported Wednesday that Biden will nominate Chad Meredith as a judge in Kentucky in what sources said is an apparent arrangement to shepherd his other federal nominations through the Senate. The reported deal comes as Biden faces pressure to protect abortion rights after theRepresentative John Yarmuth, Kentucky's sole congressional Democrat, confirmed to thethat Meredith will be nominated to the federal bench.
Federalist Society, a conservative legal group. Law firm Squire Patton Boggs announced in January it had hired Meredith as"of counsel," after he previously served as Kentucky's solicitor general under Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron. Before that, he served as chief deputy general counsel to Republican Governor Matt Bevin.
Before his 2019 defeat by Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear, Bevin signed multiple bills restricting abortion in Kentucky, whichWhile serving as deputy counsel, Meredith defended a challenge to a 2017 Kentucky law requiring doctors to first perform an ultrasound on patients seeking an abortion and describe the image.
Meredith told a federal appeals court in 2018 that the law ensures women fully understand their decision, saying"not every patient understands the consequences of the abortion procedure,""This is right in the heartland of what states are permitted to do to regulate medicine," Meredith said."There are a number of patients who don't understand the nature of the fetus within them.
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