Biden judicial nominee appears stumped by basic legal terms: 'I'm not sure'

Biden's nominee struggled to define what 'stay,' 'injunction' orders mean in federal court


A nominee for a district judgeship in Oklahoma struggled during her nomination hearing on Wednesday to define basic terms for orders issued regularly by judges.

Sara E. Hill, who is nominated by President Biden to be the district judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, was grilled by Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., on the Senate Judiciary Committee about basic legal and Constitutional terms and definitions — a practice that's become usual for him in recent months after several nominees have struggled to pass his tests. ---More...

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