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WASHINGTON ― Dozens of pro bono partners, legal counselors and chairs at top law firms and national organizations are backing President’s court pick Adeel Mangi — and warning that senators are damaging the legal profession itself with their poor treatment of Mangi in his confirmation process.
from balancing out that court, but Mangi has become the target of one of the ugliest smear campaigns against a federal judicial nominee in recent history.Adeel Mangi testifies during his Senate confirmation hearing on Dec. 13, 2023. During the hearing, GOP Sens. Ted Cruz , Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley demanded that Mangi share his personal views on the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the Oct. 7 attack in Israel and the Israeli-Hamas conflict in general.
“The attacks on Mr. Mangi’s service tell attorneys they must choose between either serving their communities through pro bono work or pursuing judicial nominations, when in fact, our judiciary is made richer when composed of judges with histories of meaningful pro bono service.
“Many times, these cases involve representation of those who are least popular in society, in very controversial matters,” said Lustberg, the director of the John J. Gibbons Fellowship in Public Interest & Constitutional Law at the firm Gibbons P.C. “Those who take on those kinds of cases should not have to face the kind of criticism and obloquy that Mr.
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