“One of the many people to voice their concerns at the time was Zahra Billoo, a civil rights lawyer and the executive director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations San Francisco. “There are some grave human rights violations that have happened on America’s watch over and over again for many, many years. The extent that it’s possible he participated in some of them, or gave legal advice to some of them, we want to know,” she told Slate.
Billoo, however, feels excited about Choudhury’s nomination, saying that Choudhury has committed her career to public service and has taken on very difficult fights.
“This…news should be championed. Nusrat’s commitment to her community and commitment to justice is to be celebrated and would be a welcomed addition to the bench,” Billoo told MEE.
“At the same time, she is just one judge in a centuries-old system that, from its inception, has persecuted people of colour, poor people and political dissidents.
“And so while this is so exciting, it is hopefully the first of many needed steps.”
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