Murkowski appears skeptical about the switch, saying she’s prepared to advance nominees to Biden.
Murkowski, in a written statement released Wednesday, said she’s interviewed the possible candidates since then and is ready to make some decisions.
Partially because of that trend, conservatives have grown increasingly skeptical of the role that bar associations — made up of attorneys with advanced degrees — play in nonpartisan judicial selection processes. That council consists of three public members, three attorneys selected by the bar, and the state’s chief justice, who votes only to break a tie.
Among the selectees are several attorneys, including former Gov. Sean Parnell, former Lt. Gov. Loren Leman, and Jonathan Katchen, who was nominated for a prior Alaska federal judgeship butThe council includes non-attorneys, such as Kim Reitmier, president of the ANCSA Regional Association, and attorneys who are not listed as part of the Alaska Bar, such as Stephen Cox, a
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