Bloomberg Law: Judicial Nominee Who Ruled for Trump Defends Non-Recusal
This excerpt is from a piece that originally ran on April 29, 2026.
Progressive groups urged the judiciary committee to reject Kuntz’s nomination.
“Confirming Kuntz’s nomination would further normalize the erosion of judicial independence and continue to signal to the public that loyalty to a president matters more than a judge’s own compliance with the rule of law,” Rachel Rossi, president of the progressive Alliance for Justice, said in a letter to the Senate opposing Kuntz’s nomination. Progressive advocacy group People for the American Way, in a separate letter, also urged that the panel not confirm Kuntz.