Meaning. Harris and Feinstein say that they have not approved the nominees for the 9th court

The meaning Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris have said they have not signed three White House nominations for free seats in California at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and will oppose the confirmations, according to a report.

President Donald Trump announced that he had appointed the US Assistant District Attorney for Southern California Patrick Bumatay, Los Angeles District Attorney, Daniel Collins, and the Los Angeles Plaintiff. , Kenneth Kiyul Lee, to the vacancies.

The 9th circuit, based in San Francisco, is the largest federal court of appeal in the country. He educates the affairs of nine Western states. It has 29 judicial positions and six vacancies.

Republicans accused the court of having a liberal point of view and decided to dismantle it – an effort backed by Trump.

The court ruled against Trump's travel ban to several Muslim-majority countries and his executive order threatening to cut funding for sanctuary towns that limit cooperation with immigration officials .

Feinstein, the highest Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said his government and his government were still striving to reach a consensus on the nominees when the White House suddenly announced the three nominations. reported on Thursday the Los Angeles Times.

"I have repeatedly told the White House that I wanted to reach an agreement on a set of nominees for the 9th circuit, but last night the White House progressed without consulting me," Feinstein said. in a statement.

Lily Adams, a spokeswoman for Harris, another Democratic member of the Judiciary Committee, said the White House was still "trying to equip the courts with partisan judges who would blindly support the president's agenda, instead of acting as an independent controller of this administration. "

In a letter to Charles E. Grassley, chairman of an Iowa Republican commission, the White House announced that she had made a good-faith effort to work with California senators.

"We have made more attempts to consult and spent more time in this state than any other country in the country," said White House counsel Donald McGahn.

Meanwhile, the US Senate voted 51 to 44 on Thursday to confirm the appointment of another Trump candidate, Idaho lawyer Ryan Douglas Nelson, on the ninth circuit. He occupies a vacancy left by N. Randy Smith, nominated by Republican President George W. Bush.

Only one Democrat, Doug Jones of Alabama, voted in favor of Nelson.

The Leadership Conference, a coalition of human rights groups and civil society, has accused Nelson of being a conservative ideologue with a troubling environmental record.

The two Republican senators from Idaho, Mike Crapo and James Risch, supported Nelson's nomination.

"He understands that a judge is responsible for the interpretation and application of the Constitution and laws of the country as they are written, and not to be a law maker." of the judiciary, "said Crapo in a statement.

Among the California candidates, Bumatay works as an advisor to the US Attorney General's office on various criminal matters, including opioid abuse and transnational organized crime. Feinstein's office said his name was not among those originally proposed by the White House.

Collins is a lawyer and partner at Munger, Tolles & Olson's Los Angeles office. Previously, he was Deputy Attorney General.

Lee is a lawyer at the bar and a partner at the Jenner & Block LLP office in Los Angeles. He was previously Associate Attorney for President George W. Bush's White House.

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