first Muslim woman to be confirmed as a federal judge in the US



WASHINGTON: The Bangladeshi-American lawyer Nusrat Jahan Choudhury has been confirmed by the US Senate, making her the first Muslim woman to serve as a federal judge in the United States.


In a tweet, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer stated, "The United States will have its first Muslim woman federal judge, as the US Senate confirmed, a Bangladeshi American, on Thursday."


Mr. Schumer, a Democrat from New York, wrote: "Adding that she will be a US District Judge for the Eastern District of New York." I was pleased to recommend her to the president because she is a Legal Director for the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union).


In January, civil rights lawyer Ms. Choudhury was nominated by US President Joe Biden. By a narrow margin of 50 votes to 49, she was elected to the life-tenured position on May 15.


The first Muslim American federal judge in US history is Zahid Quraishi, an American lawyer of Pakistani descent. Additionally, he was appointed as a federal judge for the District of New Jersey by President Biden and was confirmed in 2021.


According to a post on the official ACLU website. She and her team have also advanced First Amendment rights, government transparency, changes in the criminal justice system and policing, voting rights, access to reproductive healthcare, gender equity, and the rights of LGBTQIA+ people, foster children, young people in juvenile detention, and people in prisons and jails, among other things.


Ms. Choudhury was in charge of fighting against racial profiling, illegal stop-and-frisk, the targeting of people of color for surveillance without evidence of wrongdoing, and practices that disproportionately punish the poor at the ACLU.