Fordham Law Professor Thomas Lee comments on President Donald Trump’s nomination of Eric Tung, a former federal prosecutor, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
President Donald Trump has nominated Eric Tung, a former federal prosecutor, to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. If confirmed, Tung would be Trump’s eighth appellate nominee who self-identifies as Asian American or Pacific Islander (AAPI), continuing a trend noted by Bloomberg Law of elevated AAPI representation on the federal bench during Trump’s presidency.
“There’s actually a large pool of ideologically conservative Asian Americans with the sufficient experience and credentials to make plausible appellate court picks,” Tom Lee, a Fordham Law professor, told Bloomberg Law.
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