Trump Nominee Porter Denies Opposing Sotomayor Confirmation

Federal appeals court nominee David Porter faced fierce criticism from Democrats at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing June 6.

Porter denied Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) claim that he co-founded an organization to oppose the confirmation of then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Feinstein, the committee’s ranking member, also highlighted Porter’s failure to gain a “blue slip” indicating the approval of home-state Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.). Casey has described Porter as “far outside the mainstream,” and took aim at the nominee in a series of tweets the day of the hearing.

But Republicans supported Porter at the hearing, indicating ...