Democratic U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto has indicated she wants to block former State Senator Greg Brower from becoming a federal judge.
The Nevada Independent reports this comes in spite of Brower’s support from fellow Republican Senator Dean Heller. Cortez Masto clashed with Brower when he was in the Legislature and when she was Attorney General.
It would be an unusual move for a senator from the same state to oppose the other’s choice for the bench. Brower does have broad support from the Trump Administration and from some of Nevada’s prominent Democrats. The bench opening happens after Judge Clive Jones was relegated to senior status over a year ago.