ST. PAUL — Sen. Amy Klobuchar called on the White House Tuesday to submit new nominees for a federal court opening after fellow Democratic Sen. Al Franken announced he’d oppose President Donald Trump’s choice, a state Supreme Court justice.

Trump nominated Minnesota Supreme Court Justice David Stras in May for the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Arkansas. But Stras got a lukewarm reception from Klobuchar and Franken, who spent months reviewing the pending appointment amid outcry from conservatives that they were blocking his appointment.

“I have grown concerned that, if confirmed to the federal bench, Justice Stras would be a deeply conservative jurist in the mold of Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, justices who the nominee himself has identified as role models,” Franken said.