It is precisely Nusrat Jahan Chowdhury, who has been appointed to serve the Eastern District Court of New York. She has been described as a lawyer hired since 2008 for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Deputy director of the Racial Justice Program within the civil rights organization between 2018 and 2020, she became the legal director in Illinois.

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If the lawyer is confirmed for the position by the Senate, she will not only become “the first Muslim woman to sit on a federal bench” but, the first American of Bangladeshi descent to accept it, the White House has declared. .

For the second nomination, it pertains to lawyer Zahid Qureshi. The first Muslim to serve as a federal judge in the United States, he made news in 2021. The son of Pakistani immigrants has since worked for the New Jersey District Court.

As for the White House, these various appointments are part of the Biden administration’s efforts to give a new face to the federal justice system, while “ensuring that the nation’s courts reflect the diversity that is our greatest asset as one.” country, with reference to both personal and business backgrounds”.