The Republicans took a similar tack earlier this year when they accused Democrats who opposed Miguel Estrada, a far-right nominee for a D.C.-based federal appeals court, of being anti-Hispanic, and opponents of Priscilla Owen, a far-right nominee for a federal appeals court based in New Orleans, of being anti-woman.
Flake, a moderate on immigration, said in September that he could not vote for Trump, but disappointed many when he indicated he'd support Trump's far-right nominee for attorney general, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions.
In the audience at the Department of Education, Alberto R. Gonzales, center at right, the nominee for attorney general, sat between his wife, Rebecca, and Karl Rove, the senior presidential adviser.
But his new Mandalay Vision, an independent film company, popped up just lately with "The Kids Are All Right" — a nominee for best picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday night.
Two years later, in 1993, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights nominee Lani Guinier never saw the inside of the Senate chamber.
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump on Thursday named David M. Friedman, a bankruptcy lawyer aligned with the Israeli far right, as his nominee for ambassador to Israel, elevating a campaign adviser who has questioned the need for a two-state solution and has likened left-leaning Jews in America to the Jews who aided the Nazis in the Holocaust.
Moreover, the eight Democrats who joined the 58-vote majority include several liberals who would be likely to oppose right-wing nominees for the court, including Russell Feingold of Wisconsin and Christopher Dodd of Connecticut.
Confirming longstanding reports, the musical's producers said on Monday that the show's Broadway transfer would star Will Swenson ("Hair"), above right, as Tick/Mitzi, and Tony Sheldon, right, an Olivier Award nominee for the show's West End production, who will reprise his role as Bernadette.
Representative Joe Sestak, above left, a Democrat who is challenging Mr. Specter in the Senate primary next spring, invited former Representative Patrick J. Toomey, above right, the likely Republican nominee for the seat, to a town-hall-style meeting.
But the families have the support of Senators John McCain and Richard Shelby, who believe they have an agreement with Mr. Lott that gives them the right to veto the nominee for one of the slots -- over and over, if necessary, until they get a name they like.
When the Sanders case arose, some admitted that his comments may be problematic but that he was within his rights to oppose the nominee for what he believed to be bigotry.
