Two Republican senators — Cotton and Hawley — have expressed reservations about Neomi Rao and whether she would expand abortion rights.
By Ann E. Marimow and Ann E. Marimow Reporter covering legal affairs Email Bio Follow Seung Min Kim Seung Min Kim White House reporter Email Bio Follow February 28 at 12:31 PM The Senate Judiciary Committee signed off along party lines Thursday on the nomination of Neomi Rao, President Trump’s pick for a powerful federal appeals court in Washington, despite some hesitation from Republican lawmakers.
The resistance to Trump’s nominee from within his party’s ranks prompted swift pushback this week and anger from conservative circles. The GOP establishment has celebrated the president’s success in installing a record number of appeals court judges nationwide in his first two years in office. But after meeting with Rao for nearly an hour, Hawley said before the vote Thursday that he was convinced that she would interpret the law according to its text and history and not be influenced by changing social and political times.
In her law review articles, Rao expressed support for broad executive powers and for limiting the authority of independent federal agencies, seemingly in line with Kavanaugh. More recently, Rao has overseen the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back government regulations as head of the little-known but powerful Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
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