Senator Al Franken says he has concerns about President Trump’s nomination of Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras to the federal Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals in Saint Louis. Franken says although Stras is a committed public servant who cares about the law, his nomination comes from a process that “relied heavily on guidance from far-right Washington, DC-based special interest groups — rather than… a committee made up of a cross-section of Minnesota’s legal community.” Franken says he’ll take a close look in coming weeks at Stras’ record and writings.