Biden planned to nominate anti-abortion GOP judge the day of Roe ruling

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Exclusive: Email shows Biden was set to nominate anti-abortion GOP judge on day of Supreme Court Roe ruling

Kentucky Democrats told the USA TODAY Network that the plan to nominate the GOP judge was part of a secret deal between Biden and Mitch McConnell.

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White House email: Biden planned to nominate anti-abortion GOP judge the day of Roe ruling

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Kentucky's Democratic governor says it would be 'indefensible' for Biden to nominate an anti-abortion Republican to a lifetime federal judgeship

Gov. Andy Beshear confirmed the planned nomination on Thursday, and the judge that Biden plans to replace announce her retirement on Friday.

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Biden Had Planned to Nominate Anti-abortion Judge

“A White House email to Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear sent the afternoon of June 23 announced that President Joe Biden planned to nominate anti-abortion Republican Chad Meredith for federal judge in the state’s eastern district the very next day,” USA Today reports.“But the very next day was June 24, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the federal constitutional right to abortion — effectively banning abortion in Kentucky b…

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Biden intends to nominate a conservative, anti-abortion lawyer to federal judgeship, Kentucky Democrats say

(CNN) — President Joe Biden intends to nominate an anti-abortion Republican lawyer to a federal judgeship, two Kentucky Democrats informed of the decision say.The prospective nominee, conservative lawyer Chad Meredith, would serve in a lifetime appointment to the US District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.Meredith’s prospective appointment was first reported by The Courier-Journal.Kentucky Democrats expressed outrage about Meredith’s…